“Vincet amor patriae laudumque immensa cupido.”--Virg. _Æn._ vi. 823. _Vincit omnia veritas._ Truth conquers all things. HYSLOP. _Vincit veritas._ Truth conquers. CHAMBERS. _Virescit vulnere virtus._ Her virtue flourishes by her wound. BURNET. This is also the motto of the family of Galloway, whose crest is a pelican in her piety. _Virtue, Liberty, and Independence._ PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. _Virtus basis vitae._ Virtue is the foundation of life. BULL. _Virtus durissima terit._ Virtue bears the greatest hardships. MCLEAN. _Virtus est natale meum._ Virtue is my birthright. TILLOTSON. _Virtus est vera vetustas._ Virtue is true old age. VAN RENSSELAER. _Virtus et scientia ad utilitatem dirigunt._ Virtue and knowledge direct to usefulness. MORAL LIBRARY. _Virtus interrita pergit._ Virtue fearlessly advances. MOORE. _Virtus, libertas et patria._ Virtue, liberty, and country. WETMORE. _Virtus sibi munus._ Virtue its own reward. VAN CORTLANDT. _Virtus sola nobilitate._ Virtue by nobility only. MAYO. _Virtute et fide._ By valor and faith. ROOME. _Virtute fideque._ By valor and faith. MURRAY. _Virtute invidiam vincas._ Conquer envy by virtue. CLEBORNE. _Virtute patria tuemini._ By virtue you guard your country. PEPPERELL. _Virtutem hilaritate colere._ Cultivate virtue by mirth. WYNKOOP. _Virtutis gloria merces._ Glory is the reward of valor. ROBERTSON. _Vitanda est improba Siren defidia._ The impious Siren, faithlessness, must be shunned. WALKER. _Vive ut vivas._ Live that you may live. ABERCROMBIE. _Waste not a moment._ WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY. _What is, is best._ LAURENS. _Wisely for pleasure and for profit read: thus hold high converse with the mighty dead._ WOODBRIDGE. _Y cadam ae cypwyn._ The mighty and cunning. WILLIAMS. _Zyt bestindig._ Be constant. DYCKMAN. [Illustration] A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES. [Illustration: A]ll book-plates which do not have the flavor of age about them, and which were made quite within the memory of the collector, are classed as recent plates. This is a term of doubtful application; but in a general way it has come to mean all plates made since about 1830. Their number is legion, of course, and no attempt is here made to enumerate them, or even a small part of them, but only to note briefly those of the more recent additions which are especially noteworthy. And now we part with the old styles of plates. The early armorial, with the profuse denticulated mantling, is never used, the pure Jacobean is not seen, the graceful Chippendale has been discarded, and the Ribbon and Wreath, with its fanciful festoons and garlands of roses, is also a thing of the past.