_What mon a^{n} Honest^{e} Name^{n} doth ow^{en}, To^{o} hy^{m} ry^{cht} gla^{ed}^{lie} my^{n} Bo^{ok}^{es} i lo^{an}. But so to^{o} long^{en} y^{e} Bo^{ok}^{es} be kep^{it}, He shal forso^{oth} be a Knav^{e} yclep^{it}._ This is printed with red capitals, on very fine parchment paper with rough edges, and is a very pretty plate. _Dr. Joseph Henry Dubbs_, professor in Franklin and Marshall College, uses a plate which exhibits the arms on a shield which is fastened to a spreading oak-tree. [Illustration: Thomas Bailey Aldrich His Mark] [Illustration: MELVIN H. HAPGOOD. HARTFORD, CONN., U.S.A.] At either side, scrolls are drawn, which bear the motto, _Ex recto decus_, and the following dates, which refer to the migrations of the doctor’s ancestors: _Styria, 1446_; _Helvetia, 1531_; _America, 1732_. A plate of unique history is that of _The Rawle Law Offices, Established A.D. 1783, Philadelphia_. This inscription is given on a circular band which encloses the shield of arms, and the motto, _Morte, Virtute_. Below this, the name of the successive proprietors of the law-offices are given, as follows: _William Rawle, 1783-1836_, _William Rawle, 1810-1858_, _William Henry Rawle, 1844-1889_, _William Brooke Rawle, 1867_. _Melvin H. Hapgood_, of Hartford, uses an oblong plate, which exhibits the shield of arms at the left of the name space, and which is surrounded by a fine running vine which bears both fruit and flowers, and among the twistings of which the motto, _Inter folia fructus_, is woven. The implements of the architect, and the secondary motto, _Penna ferro potentior_, are also cleverly worked into the decorative frame. _Monsignor Seton, D.D._, of Jersey City Heights, uses a [Illustration: JOSEPH HENRY DUBBS D D] small heraldic plate, in which the arms are given in colors, and are surmounted by the clerical hat and tassels. A plain armorial plate is used by _John F. Winslow_, a descendant of Governor Winslow, and one to whose means and energy we owe the building of the first “Monitor.” Prof. _Charles Eliot Norton_, of Harvard, uses an heraldic plate, in which the crest only is given. Beneath this, a pile of books is covered by a scroll, which bears upon it the motto, _Amici et amicis_. The _Rev. Morgan Dix_, of Trinity Church, New York City, uses an heraldic plate, in which also the crest only is given. This is surrounded by a circular garter, on which the motto, _Quod dixi factum est_, is printed. This ends our list of plain armorial plates.