Why did safari stop saving history-bookmarks?

When I open history in Safari, I see only up to end of August (this is Sept. 18). Also, if I add a bookmark it stays during the session, but does no persist across close and open of Safari. I did not change safari preferences. I am running OS 10.7.1 on a macbookPro. I can't recall any changes I made on Sept. 1 - maybe a software update. Are there any similar problems or possible fixes?

I see only up to end of August (this is Sept. 18)
Go to Safari / Preferences - General
You may need click the pop up menu to reset where you see: Remove history items
For the bookmark issue, could be a corrupted preference (.plist) file.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences. Move the com.apple.Safari.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Desktop.
Quit then relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, move the .plist file to the Trash.
~ (Tilde) character represents your Home folder.
For LIon:   To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library

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