BURBANK, WM. F., _b._ in San Francisco. _Ed._ Oakland High School and State University. Written poems for magazines, etc. _Address:_ Union Square Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.

BURDETTE, ROBT. JONES, _b._ July 30, 1844. Greensboro, Greene Co., Penn. _Grad._ High School, Peoria, Ill., 1861. D.D. Kalamazoo College, 1905. Writer on Peoria Transcript and Evening Review. Writer and afterwards editor Burlington Hawkeye. Large contributor to newspapers and magazines. Pastor Temple Baptist Church, July, 1903, to August, 1909. Resigned through ill health. _Author:_ The Sons of Asaph. The Life of William Penn. Smiles Yoked With Sighs, 1900. Rise and Fall of a Mustache, 1877. Chimes From a Jester's Bells, 1897. _Address:_ Sunnycrest, Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Calif.

BURGESS, GELETT, _b._ Boston, January 30, 1866. _Ed._ public schools, Boston. _Grad._ Ma.s.sachusetts Inst.i.tute Technology, B.S., 1887.

Instructor topo. drawing University of California, 1891-4. a.s.s. Ed.

The Wave, 1894-5. Edited Lark, San Francisco, 1895-7. _Author:_ Vivette, (novelette.) Copeland & Day, 1897. $1.25. The Lively City O'Ligg, (Juvenile.) F.A. Stokes Co., 1899. $1.50. Goops, and How to be Them, (Juvenile.) Stokes Co., 1900. $1.50. A Gage of Youth, (Poems, chiefly from "The Lark.") Small, Maynard & Co., 1901. $1.00. The Burgess Nonsense Book, (Prose and Verse.) Stokes Co., 1901. $2.00. The Romance of the Commonplace. Elder & Shepherd, S.F., 1901. $1.50. More Goops, and How Not to Be Them, (Juvenile.) Stokes Co., 1903. $1.50.

The Reign of Queen Isyl. Short stories in collaboration with WILL IRWIN. McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. $1.50. The Picaroons. Short stories in collaboration with WILL IRWIN. McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. $1.50. The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne. (Satire and Parody.) Stokes, 1904. 75c. Goop Tales. (Juvenile.) Stokes Co., 1904. $1.50. A Little Sister of Destiny. (Short Stories.) Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904, $1.50. The White Cat. (Novel.) Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1907. $1.50.

The Heart Line. (Novel.) Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1907. $1.50. The Maxims of Methuselah. (Satire and Parody.) Stokes Co., 1907. 75c. Blue Goops and Red. (Juvenile.) Stokes Co., 1909. $1.35 net. Lady Mechante. (4-wart Novel.) Stokes Co., 1909. $1.50. _Address:_ 1285 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Ma.s.s.

CARR, SARAH PRATT, _b._ Maine, 1850. Taken to California 1852. _Ed._ in public schools of California. Wrote for newspapers and magazines.

Short time Unitarian minister. _Author:_ The Iron Way, McClurg's, $1.50. Waters of Eden, run serially in Alaska-Yukon magazine. Billy Tomorrow. (Juvenile book.) McClurg's. _Address:_ The Hillcrest, Seattle, Wash.

CARTER, CHARLES FRANKLIN, _b._ Waterbury, Conn., July 19, 1862.

_Grad._ School of Fine Arts, Yale University. Pupil of J. Alden Weir, New York City. Resided in California 1891-95, 1898-1900. _Author:_ The Missions of Nueva California, 1900. The Whitaker & Ray Company. $1.50.

Out of print. Some By-Ways of California, 1902. The Grafton Press, New York. $1.25. _Address:_ 232 S. Main St., Waterbury, Conn.

CHARLES, FRANCES, _b._ San Francisco, Cal., April 10, 1872. _Ed._ S.F.

public schools. _Author:_ In the Country G.o.d Forgot. The Siege of Youth. The Awakening of the d.u.c.h.ess. Pardner of Blossom Range. All by Little, Brown & Co. $1.50 each. _Address:_ 370 26th Ave., Richmond District, San Francisco, Calif.

CHENEY, JOHN VANCE, _b._ Groveland. N.Y., Dec. 29, 1848. _Grad._ Temple Hill Acad., Geneseo, N.Y., at 17. Practiced law, 1875. Came to California in 1876. Librarian Pub. Library, San Francisco, 1887-94.

Newberry Lib., Chicago, 1894-1909. _Author:_ The Old Doctor, 1881.

Thistle Drift (poems) 1887. Wood Blooms, 1888. The Golden Guess, 1872.

That Dome in Air, 1895. Queen Helen, 1895. Out of the Silence, 1897.

Lyrics, 1901. Poems, 1905. Editor 3 Caxton Club pubs. _Address:_ 3390 Third St., San Diego, Calif.

CLARK, GALEN, 96 years old. Went to Yosemite in 1853. Known as Father of Yosemite. _Author:_ Big Trees of California: Their History and Characteristics. The Indians of Yosemite: Their History, Customs and Traditions. $1.00. Paper 50c. _Address:_ 216 11th St. Oakland, Calif.

CONNOLLY. JAMES, _b._ County Cavan, Ireland July 12, 1842. In 1852 came to Dennis, Ma.s.s. _Ed._ public schools. At 13 went to sea, at 18 second mate, at 21 first mate. Later master. For 18 years has resided at Coronado. Writer of poems and short stories for magazines.

_Author:_ The Jewels of King Art. _Address:_ Coronado, Calif.

c.o.x, PALMER, _b._ Granby, Quebec, Can., April 28, 1840. _Grad._ Granby Academy. In 1862 came to San Francisco _via._ Panama. Contributed to Golden Era, Alta California, and Examiner, etc. _Author:_ Squibs of California, 1874. (Later republished as Comic Yarns.) Hans Von Petter's Trip to Gotham. How Columbus Found America. That Stanley.

Queer People. All now o.p. Then he invented the Brownies and in quick succession were published The Brownies, Their Book; Another Book; The B.'s at Home; The B.'s Around the World; The B.'s Through the Union; The B.'s Abroad; The B.'s in the Philippines. $1.50 each. The B. Clown in B. Town. $1.00. The B. Primer. 40c. All by Century Co. The B.

Calendar, McLoughlin Bros., N.Y. $1.00. Palmer c.o.x's Brownies.

Spectacular play. The B.'s in Fairyland (Children's Cantata.) Also articles in leading magazines. _Address:_ Pine View House, East Quogue, L.I.

DAGGETT, MARY STEWART, _b._ Morristown. O., May 30, 1856. _Ed._ Steubenville, O., Seminary, 1873. Writer for newspapers and magazines.

_Author:_ Mariposilla, 1895. The Broad Isle, 1899. _Address:_ Columbia Hill, Pasadena, Calif.

DAVIS, SAM P., _b._ Branford, Conn., April 4, 1850. Newspaper and magazine writer for 40 years. Lecturer and public speaker--also politician. _Author:_ One book Short Stories and Poems, and The First Piano in Camp. _Address:_ Public Industrial Commission, Carson City, Nevada.

DILLON, HENRY CLAY, _b._ Lancaster, Wis., Nov. 6, 1846. _Ed._ public schools and Lancaster Academy. _Grad._ Racine College, 1872 (Gold Medalist, 1870.) Came to California in 1888. Writer of clever short stories and law. Lecturer on Common Law Pleading, etc., University of Southern Calif. _Address:_ Colorado Orchards, Long Beach, Calif., and Los Angeles, Calif.

DONOVAN, ELLEN DWYER, _b._ Castletown, Beara, Co. Cork, Ire. _Ed._ Academy Sisters of Mercy. Came to Calif, and contributor to leading magazines on Art Criticism. Writer of short stories. Will shortly publish a Romance of Ireland in the Nineteenth Century. _Address:_ Ashbury St., San Francisco, Calif.

EDHOLM-SIBLEY, MARY CHARLTON, _b._ Freeport, Ill., Oct. 28, 1854.

_Ed._ public schools and college. Writer and lecturer on social and economic subjects. Founded Lucy Charlton Memorial for unfortunate women and children, in Oakland. _Author:_ Traffic in Girls. 30c. Sales go to help the Memorial. _Address:_ 904-6 Security Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

EDWARDS, ADRIADNE HOLMES, _b._ Placerville, Cal., May 7. Student of Grand Opera. Writer and composer of songs. _Author:_ My Nightingale, Sing On (words and music.) O Bonniest La.s.sie Yet. Enticement.

_Address:_ Hotel Hargrave, 112 W. 72nd St., New York.

EMERSON, WILLIS GEORGE, _b._ near Blakesburg, Monroe Co., Iowa, March 28, 1856. _Ed._ district school, Union Co., Ia. Attended Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. Studied law. Admitted to practice in District U.S. and other courts. Taught country school for four years. Platform orator.

His speech replying to "Coin" Harvey's Financial School was issued as a Republican campaign doc.u.ment, 1896, and in 1900 over half a million copies of his speech on sound money were circulated throughout the country. _Author:_ Winning Winds, 1901. Fall of Jason, 1901. My Pardner and I, 1901. Buell Hampton, 1902. The Builders, 1905. The Smoky G.o.d, 1908. Has written over 100 stories of travel and sketches of mining camps and mountain scenery. _Address:_ Los Angeles, Calif.

EVANS, TALIESIN, _b._ Manchester, Eng., Nov. 8, 1843. _Ed._ private schools England and Wales. _Author:_ Fisher's Advt. Guide to Calif., 1870. Editor and author of Popular History of Calif. (Revised and enlarged. First edition by Lucia Norman), 1883. American Citizenship, 1892. Munic.i.p.al Government, 1892. _Address:_ 212 Fourth St., Oakland, Calif.

EYSTER, MRS. NELLIE BLESSING, _b._ Frederick, Md. Lived in California since 1876. Active in W.C.T.U., Indian and Chinese mission work.

Contributor to magazines. Lost the MSS. of two books in S.F. fire of 1906. _Author:_ Sunny Hours, or The Child Life of Tom and Mary.

Chincapin Charlie. On the Wing. Tom Harding and His Friends. A Colonial Boy. A Chinese Quaker. _Address:_ 2618 Hillega.s.s Ave., Berkeley, Calif.

FAIRBANKS, HAROLD WELLMAN, _b._ Conew.a.n.go, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., Aug.

29, 1860. _Ed._ State Normal, Fredonia, N.Y. _Grad._ B.S., University Mich., 1890. Ph.D., University Calif., 1896. Engaged in geological and geographical work: State Mining Bureau. 1890-1894. a.s.st. U.S.

Geological Survey, 1897-98. _Author:_ text books: Stories of Our Mother Earth. 60c. Home Geography. Rocks and Minerals. All by Ed. Pub.

Co., Boston. Physiography of California. Macmillan. The Western United States. D.C. Heath. Practical Physiography for High Schools. Allyn & Bacon. _Address:_ Arch St., Berkeley, Calif.

FORBES, MRS. A.S.C. (nee Harrye Smith) _b._ Pennsylvania. Came California 1895. Works for re-establishment of El Camino Real. Created and established Nat. Naval Memorial. _Author:_ Mission Tales in Days of the Dons. $1.50. California Missions and Landmarks. 25c. _Address:_ 1104 Lyndon St., South Pasadena, Calif.

GATES, ELEANOR (Mrs. R.W. Tully.) _Ed._ Stanford, Univ. of Calif.

Leaped into fame with her first book. Biography of a Prairie Girl, first pub. in Century Magazine. _Author:_ Biography of a Prairie Girl, 1904. The Plow Woman, 1907. Cupid, the Cow Punch, 1908. Good Night, 1908. _Address:_ Alma, Calif.

GUINN, J.M., writer of History of Southern California. Secretary S.

Cal. Hist. Soc. Member Los Angeles Board of Education. _Address:_ 5539 Monte Vista St., Los Angeles, Calif.

HART, JEROME ALFRED, _b._ San Francisco. Sept. 6, 1854. _Ed._ Cal.

public schools. a.s.so. editor, 1880-91. editor, 1891-1906. San Francisco Argonaut, to which contributed letters of foreign travel (1887-1904), and translations from French, German, Spanish, etc. Sec.

1880-91, pres. 1891-1906, of The Argonaut Publishing Co. _Author:_ Argonaut Letters, 1900. Two Argonauts in Spain. 1904. A Levantine Log-Book, 1905. Argonaut Stories (edited) 1906. Contributor to magazines, etc. _Address:_ Weyewolde, Santa Clara Co.. Calif.

HIBBARD, GRACE, _b._ Ma.s.s. _Ed._ in Ma.s.s. _Author:_ Wild Poppies.

Moulton, Buffalo, N.Y. $1.00. California Violets. Robertson, S.F.

$1.00. Wild Roses of California. Robertson. $1.00. Forget-Me-Nots From California. Robertson. $1.00. Booklets: More California Violets. 25c.

California Christmas Songs. 25c. Daffodils. 25c. Songs of the Samisen.

25c. 'Neath Monterey Pines. 25c. Del Monte Oaks. 25c. Santa Claus Cheated, and Other Christmas Stories. Twenty-eight poems have been set to music. _Address:_ Pacific Grove, Calif.

HOLDEN, EDWARD SINGLETON, _b._ St. Louis, Nov. 5. 1846. _Grad._ Wash.

Univ., 1866. West Point 1870. Pres. Univ. of Cal. 1885-8. Director Lick Observatory 1888-98. Librarian U.S. Military Acad. since 1901.

_Author:_ many scientific works. See Who's Who. Handbook Lick Observatory, 1888. Mountain Observatories, 1896. Pacific Coast Earthquakes, 1898, etc. _Address:_ West Point, N.Y., and Century Club, New York.

HOWARD, CLIFFORD, _b._ October 12, 1868, Bethlehem, Penn. Came to Calif, in 1906. _Author:_ Thoughts in Verse, 1895; (out of print.) s.e.x Worship: An Exposition of the Phallic Origins of Religion, 1897.

$1.50. The Story of a Young Man: a Life of Christ, 1898. $2.50.

Graphology, 1904. 50c. Curious Facts, 1905. 50c. Washington as a Center of Learning, 1905. $1.00. The Pa.s.sover. What Happened at Olenberg. _Address:_ Los Angeles, Calif.

HUNT, ROCKWELL DENNIS, _b._ Sacramento, Calif., Feb. 3, 1868. _Grad._ Napa College. Ph.B., 1890. A.M., 1902. Johns Hopkins Univ. Ph.D., 1895. Prof. Hist. Napa College, 1891-3. Prof. Hist. and Political Sc., Univ. of Pacific, 1895-1902. Prin. San Jose High School, 1902-1908.

Lect. Stanford Univ., 1898. Prof. Economics and Sociology, Univ. of S.

Calif., 1908, _Author:_ California the Golden. _Address:_ 1319 W. 37th Place, Los Angeles, Calif.

IRWIN, WALLACE, _b._ Oneida, N.Y., Mar. 15, 1875. _Grad._ Denver High School, 1895. At Stanford Univ., 1896-9. Special writer S.F. Examiner, Ed. S.F. News-Letter 1901, and Overland Monthly 1902. _Author:_ Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum. Paul Elder, S.F. 25c and 50c. Rubaiyat of Omar Khyyam, Jr. Paul Elder, S.F. 50c and 75c. Nautical Lays of a Landsman.

Dodd, Mead Co., N.Y. $1.00. At the Sign of the Dollar. Duffield & Co., N.Y. $1.00. Chinatown Ballads. Duffield & Co., N.Y. $1.00. Random Rhymes and Odd Numbers. Macmillan Co., N.Y. $1.50. Shame of the Colleges. Outing Pub. Co. Letters of a j.a.panese Schoolboy. Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.50. _Address:_ 273 W. 84th St., New York.

IRWIN, WILL, _b._ Oneida, N.Y., Sept. 14, 1873. _Grad._ Denver High School, 1892. Stanford Univ. A.B. 1899. Contr. fiction, etc., to mags.