Location

The Village Booksmith is located at 526 Oak Street, neatly nestled on the east side of Baraboo's courthouse square, next to Third and Fourth Streets. It's next to a Corner Drug Store, and faces a historic monument. A canon.

The area is quite small, and cozy. Gives off a "Stars Hollow" feel. The square itself is part of the Downtown Baraboo Historic District, which features 19th- and early 20th-century commercial architecture—Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Neoclassical, and more—all framed around the iconic Sauk County Courthouse.

Book Collection

Literary Fiction

Essays

The essays section was quite under the radar. My first visit I almost walked out of the store without noticing it. There were however quite a view gems. Such as a first edition set of "The Essays of Montaigne" by Michel De Montaigne.

Poetry

The poetry section in itself was around 2 decently sized shelfs tall. It had a decent collection of american poetry 16-18th century. I had managed to find myself two first edition copies. One of "Oxford Book of English Verse", and one of "Oxford 18th Century English Verse"

Staff & Service

The Bookstore is quite small, and I assume run by the young woman I presume to be the Owner of the bookstore. She was quite helpful, and glad to show me to the reference section in hopes of finding a Oxford Compact Dictionary to make use of while on retreat. She also unlike several other employees who I don't necessarily blame for this. Decided to stay and search for a copy rather then pointing to the shelf and walking away. Even though she was unseccseful in finding one, I did manage to get my hands on a Webster's New World Dictionary which was ok for the time being. All together my experience there was quite pleasant, and I have no complaints about the service in the slightest.