The plates of Mr. Pickering Dodge, of Washington, D.C., are mounted on a dove-colored mount, which is an advantageous tint. The plates are arranged according to styles. This collector, however, is about to change to albums. Mr. Nathaniel Paine, of Worcester, Mass., has his plates mounted directly upon the pages of an album made for them. Portraits, views, etc., are also interspersed. The present writer used originally the individual mount; but becoming dissatisfied with that method, because of injury by careless handling, adopted the albums, using in both instances the “hinges” of the stamp collector to fasten the plates down with. He is now changing back to the individual-mount plan, as it admits of more freedom in comparison, easy changes, and the better display of the collection, either to a few, or to an audience. The larger part of our collectors do not mount their plates at all, or have any system of arranging them. They are kept in odd envelopes, boxes, between the leaves of books, or in a desk-drawer, and there await the new arrival, or the shaking up incident to the search for a particular specimen. This is ruinous. The larger part of our collectors are members of the Ex Libris Society, of England, while many have also joined the societies in France and Germany. No American Society has as yet been seriously proposed. A LIST OF AMERICAN MEMBERS OF THE EX LIBRIS SOCIETY. Charles Dexter Allen Hartford, Conn. G. A. Armour Chicago, Ill. S. P. Avery New York City. William E. Baillie Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. Richard J. Barker Warren, R.I. Walter R. Benjamin New York City. E. H. Bierstadt New York City. Henry Blackwell New York City. E. W. Blatchford Chicago, Ill. Boston Athenæum Boston, Mass. Boston Public Library Boston, Mass. Helen E. Brainerd New York City. William George Brown Lexington, Va. J. H. Buck New York City. William A. Butterfield Boston, Mass. Dr. Charles E. Clark Lynn, Mass. J. H. Corning Washington, D.C. Hon. W. A. Courtenay Charleston, S.C. Dr. R. B. Coutant Tarrytown, N.Y. George W. Cram Norwalk, Conn. H. E. Deats Flemington, N.J. Pickering Dodge Washington, D.C. Dr. J. H. Dubbs Lancaster, Pa. Mrs. E. H. Duhme Cincinnati, Ohio. George Wharton Edwards New York City. Dr. Henry C. Eno Saugatuck, Conn. F. W. French Boston, Mass. E. H. Frost Charleston, S.C. Mrs. E. M. Gallaudet Washington, D.C. Christian Gerhardt New York City. Grolier Club New York City. E. N. Hewins Boston, Mass. A. L. Hollingsworth Boston, Mass. W. F. Hopson New Haven, Conn.