Wall _J. D. Stout, N.Y._ John W. Watkins, A.M. _Rollinson Sct._ Wentworth _N. Hurd Scp._ Stepney Library, Wethersfield _Doolittle Sculpt._ Charles H. Wetmore _Doolittle Sculp._ Prosper Wetmore _Maverick Sculpt._ William Wetmore _Revere Sc._ W---- Whitebread _Dawkins Fecit._ J. B. Whitridge {_J. R. Penniman Delt. W. B._ { _Annin Sc._ Charles Wilkes _Rollinson Sc._ ---- Williams _Harris Sc._ Azarias Williams _Rollinson Sculpt._ Gulielmi Williams _J. Ingram fecit a Paris._ John C. Williams _N. H. Scp._ Samuel Willis _Thos. Johnston, Sc._ William Winthrop _S. Hill._ Joseph Wiseman _Vallance Sc._ Polydore B. Wisner _Maverick Sculpt._ Brothers in Unity (Yale College) {_Wm. Taylor Deln,_ {_A. Doolittle Sculpt._ Brothers in Unity (Yale College) {_E. Tisdale Del._ {_S. S. Jocelyn Sc._ {_O. Pelton Sc._ Brothers in Unity (Yale College) {_P. R. Maverick Sct No. 3_ { _Crown Street, N.Y._ Linonian Library (Yale College) _Doolittle Sc._ Linonian Society (Yale College) _G. Fairman._ Peter W. Yates _H. D. Sc._ Unidentified _W. Barber Sculpt._ Unidentified _H. Dawkins Sculpt._ Unidentified _A. Godwin Sculp._ A glance at the above list shows that our early engravers had no set rule by which to record their names on plates which they engraved; they used full names or initials as the fancy seized them, or the room on the plate demanded. In the word chosen to denote the fact of engraving a great diversity is seen, though by far the most used _sculpsit_ or its abbreviations. Hurd and Callender seem to have been the most methodical, as they used one form a good deal. Dawkins had several styles, and Maverick had one or two, but was pretty certain to use an abbreviation of _sculpsit_. [Illustration: Will Duer Esq^{r}. ] [Illustration: LOUIS I. HABER] A LIST OF THE MOTTOES FOUND UPON THE EARLY AMERICAN BOOK-PLATES, WITH TRANSLATIONS. In the Introduction to his “Handbook of Mottoes,” Mr. C. N. Elvin separates the mottoes into the following four classes:-- I. Mottoes which have no reference to the name or the armorial bearings of their users. II. Mottoes which have a direct reference to the bearings. III. Mottoes which have a punning reference to the name. IV. Mottoes which have a reference to both name and bearings.