The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

eralogy. Physics, &c The dominant
symbol Is, Of course the winged sphere,
the symbol Of cosmos; above IL blooms
the cosmos flower
The handsome book plate Of Mr.. +.
Quincy Smith has an interesting history,
which Mr Smith tells thus,
When I uas in Jamaica five or six years aro. at|
tie .stsl Titcidr'd iu Tor Antonio. mt
Rr-tcn arti-t I d. not um6nb1r very much abgut
hin. gx-It that ! liked him when be was not
drunk brt that Do was drunk most of the time
he Lad a book Plate Of his own which ] thought
eas very beautiful and vhirh in shape and general
r5--Tp vac somewhat similar 70 thi, one n min.
From i- I had this -nc r. mine designed and IN
raftj the detail. howe7gr being entirely d.r-sut.
Az if Eas finished Immediately after my return from
Jamaica most q my friend, seemed 20 think that
the tree iu tbe crter was au grange trgr but | ana
sure that sou viii uuIrrSra ni that j. IS the Tn
q Kuowlsfge The tui'iir- az tle bottom u the
picture is intended frr the Library Cf Congress al
though I fEiak i- does not follow that building IN
detail.
The book plate Of Senator ChaunCey ".
/ Depew. Of New York is after a design
! by David AIcNeely Staufer. and one OF
the finest examples of his work An un-
/ preteutious but useiIl. book plate is
that of Dr. Maurice Francis Egan. Min
/ is.er to Denmark II is Dr. Egan's own
/ design The motto is that Of the irish
/ Brigade i'm France i'm which several of
I Or. Egln's ancestors were officers.
The remaining three plates on this page
are those Of libraries The Congrt ssional
/ Library plate was adopted in 1850 the
] lWrh anniversary of the founding 0f The
! library. and was engraved in the COY
/ eminent Offices. The book plate Of the
! Catholic University was designed in 1870
MI.
. as assistant librarian under DR.. BouCuil-
/ Ion. Although this plate is In U.s. In all
I the books Of the Catholic University, Il
/ has never yet received official approval
/ The remaining plate is that of the Pub
/ lie Library. As viii be seen, Il is not only
a distincrIvelv American, bur distinctfvely
! a Washingtoni5n plate.
One feature of book plates thlt seems
| 70 be dying out IS the poetiCal inscription
that used % he on So many plates. OF the
/ Washington plates shown on this page
only the plate of lIr. LdrE Anderson is ac-
/ companied by d verse. some OF these in
scriD,i11s were nice, some of tBrm
grumpy, as this:
This boos was bo1sht and paid for BY n {.
] Colrsw1rthv.
Borrowing ueiEhboTs ure rocCmmondcd to S1pysy
thsIsslyeE in .ae Slma Eaunef, ITi>s seven
ty-fve cents
/ J. Bryaut's book plate bore this, Miss
ing. A book from the library Of J. Bry-
ant" while y. W Jayne had his plate
, inscribed. Go 20 them that sell and buy
/ for yourselves" The inscription in Mr..
Andrew Laug's book reads
/ S-ud him hack eaufUly. for ,ol can if som like.
That fN uuhlm,d De- may return TO his own place
/ y, bile Nir. Arthur T. Vance, OF New York.
has this appeal.
lie vho lcudafh book taksrh chances.
I To take chances is 70 gamble.
/ T. is wicked tr gamble
Kind fisud, ye who seek 20 borrow, temp, me ne,
T1 sim.
There are number of hook-plate col
Iectors, in q small way, in Washington.
and there are sure 10 be mere as time
goes on. The Public Library has a fine
lot of works on the subject, and it is not