Going still further back in history _E. Irenæus Stevenson_ has brought the very serpent of the Garden of Eden, with the fatal apple of Knowledge in his fangs, into his book-plate. Slipping down between the open pages of a large book, we see this form of his Satanic Majesty, and read upon the apple which he offers _Eritis sicut Deus_, _Ye shall be as gods_. This, from the Vulgate, is in Latin. Upon the open page we read in Greek, _Be ye wise as serpents_. The Shekinah blazes out all about the book. A very interesting and striking plate. A very simple but effective reminder of the approach of old age is found in the plate of _George Alexander Macbeth_, of Pittsburgh, Pa. In this, an open book of coarse print lies upon the table, accompanied by a large pair of spectacles. The motto appears in the upper left corner,--_Give me your favor: my dull brain was wrought with things forgotten_. Very many plates have a shelf of books, or a pile of them, accompanied with a favorite quotation, a bust of some author, the arms of the owner, or possibly his portrait. In the plate of _Clifford Julius King_, we see the row of books, the smoke from the waning cigar, as it rises across the open pages of a book, and the bust of Thackeray, while the motto, _A jollie goode booke, whereon to looke, is better to me than golde_, is suggestive of long evenings by the fireside, with choice editions to read and fondle. The shelf of books in the plate of _Nathaniel Paine_, of Worcester, Mass., is enclosed within a frame which has suggestions of the heraldic shield. Behind it the palm branches are placed, [Illustration: MARSHALL CLIFFORD LEFFERTS.] and the motto is below, on a ribbon,--_Duce natura sequor_. The crest is found in its place above. “Wrenwood” is the name of the home of _George E. Leighton_, if we may judge by the name which appears on the top of the shield, which rests against his books just inside the library window. The window is open, flowers peek around the mullions, and a wren has hopped upon the sill to examine the surroundings which have borrowed his name for their own. A pile of three books, labelled _Bacon_, _Lamb_, and “_Punch_,” is shown in the plate of _David Murray_. The legend, _Some books are to be tasted, some to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested_, is given on the back of the books. Above the volumes, the scales carrying the heavy pen on one side, and the lighter sword on the other, is surmounted by a liberty-cap, behind which, in a blaze of glory, appears the motto, _The pen mightier than the sword_. In the plate of _George Imbrie Sill_, three shelves of books are enclosed within a frame of scrolls which bear the name. A shield is placed across one end of the case, with the arms and crest upon it.