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Note. 
the subject treated and the author, instead of the university 
and the year of publication. When a pamphlet treats of more 
than one subject, it has generally been indexed under each sub¬ 
ject which it treats. 
This form of catalog will, it is thought, be all that is nec¬ 
essary for the present to make the matter in the library easily 
accessible, and the system is flexible enough to be easily ad¬ 
justed to a more elaborate system, when the increased size of the 
library shall make such a system necessary or desirable. 
The preparation of this catalog has consumed a great deal of 
time, owing to the confusion in which the books have hitherto 
been, and as the work has been often interrupted it has ex¬ 
tended over more than two years. It thus happens that in 
many cases the later accessions of a series are not entered in 
the catalog. The work has been “a labor of love,” and has 
been undertaken in order to increase the library facilities of 
Madison by a considerable collection of valuable books, other¬ 
wise of but little use. I have received much assistance 
from Professor L. S. Cheney, of the University of Wisconsin. 
Professors F. L. Van Cleef, G-. L. Hendrickson and J. E. Olsen 
have also assisted me in the classification of dissertations 
printed in the classical and Scandinavian languages. 
Wm. H. Hobbs. 
Madison, Wis., August 10th, 1893. 
