Excerpt from A History of the Development of Libraries in Michigan: A Thesis Presented for the Degree of Bachelor of Library Science in the Illinois State Library School of the University of Illinois, June 1900 It is to be regretted that of 107 libraries addressed 38 failed to reply to the questions, since for this reason the table is incomplete. The libraries which did not respond have been starred and the information, so far as possible, taken from the Statistics of Libraries in the U. S. And Canada issued in 1897 by the U. 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.