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Ed. S.F. Wave 1900. Ed. McClure's 1906-7. _Author:_ Stanford Stories (with C.K. Field), 1900. The Reign of Queen Isyl (with Gelett Burgess), 1903. The Picaroons (with G. Burgess), 1904. The Hamadyads (verse), 1904. The City That Was, 1907. _Address:_ 42 E. 28th St., New York.

JAMES, GEORGE WHARTON, _b._ Gainsborough, Eng., Sept. 27, 1858. _Ed._ Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School. Litt.D. Santa Clara College.

_Author:_ In and Around the Grand Canyon, 1900. $2.50, $10.00. Indian Basketry, 1903. $2.50. Indians of the Painted Desert Region, 1903.

$2.00. Traveler's Hand-Book to S. Calif., 1904. $1.00. How to Make Indian and Other Baskets, 1903. $1.00. In and Out of the Missions of Calif., 1905. $3.00. The Story of Scraggles, 1906. $1.00. The Wonders of the Colorado Desert, 1906, 2 vols. $5.00. What the White Race May Learn From the Indian, 1906. $1.50. Through Ramona's Country, 1908.

$2.00. The Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1909. $1.00. The Hero Book of California, 1909. $1.50. _Address:_ 1098 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, California.

JENNEY, CHARLES ELMER, _b._ Mattapoisett, Ma.s.s., Sept. 5, 1872. _Ed._ common schools. Came to Calif. (Fresno) 1891. _Author:_ Scenes of My Childhood, 1900. $1.50. _Address:_ 219 Glenn Ave., Fresno, Calif.

JEPSON, WILLIS LINN, _b._ Vacaville township, August 19, 1867. _Ed._ at California and Cornell Univ. Ph.B. 1889. Ph.D. 1898. Research student at Harvard 1896. Royal Gardens at Kew, England and Royal Gardens at Berlin, Germany, 1905-1906. Ed. of Erythea, 7 vols., 1893-1900, the first journal of botany published west of the Mississippi River. _Author:_ Flora of Western Middle California.

Cunningham, Curtis & Welch. $5.00. High School Flora for the Pacific Coast. D. Appleton & Co. 50c. The Silva of California. Univ. of Calif.

Press, in type since August, 1908. The Trees of California.

Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, S.F., in press. Also numerous botanical papers in journals and proceedings of societies and inst.i.tutions.

_Address:_ 2704 Hillega.s.s Ave., Berkeley. Calif.

JORDAN, DAVID STARR, _b._ Gainesville, Wyoming Co., N.Y., Jan. 19, 1851. _Grad._ Cornell Univ. M.S. 1872. L.L.D. 1886. L.L.D., Johns Hopkins, 1902. Indiana Univ. 1909. Pres. Indiana State Univ., 1883-1891. Came to Calif, as Pres. Stanford 1891. _Author:_ Manual of Vertebrates. A.C. McClurg & Co. $1.50. Science Sketches. A.C. McClurg & Co. $1.25. Animal Life. Appleton. $1.25. Animal Studies. Appleton.

$1.75. Footnotes to Evolution. Applcton. $1.50. Evolution and Animal Life. Appleton. $1.50. Imperial Democracy. Appleton. $1.50. Book of Knight and Barbara. Appleton. $1.50. The Fate of Iciodorum. Henry Holt & Co. $1.00. Fishes. Henry Holt & Co. $3.00. Guide to the Study of Fishes. Henry Holt & Co. $8.00. Fish Stories. Henry Holt & Co. $1.50.

Standeth G.o.d Within the Shadow. Thos. Y. Crowell & Co. 75c. College and the Man. 75c. Philosophy of Hope. 75c. The Innumerable Company.

75c. Life's Enthusiasms. 75c. The Strength of Being Clean. 75c. The Call of the Twentieth Century. 75c. Religion of a Sensible American.

75c. The Higher Sacrifice. 75c. All by C.L. Stebbins, Boston. The California Earthquake of 1906. A.M. Robertson. $2.50. Luther Burbank.

A.M. Robertson. $1.50. The Care and Culture of Men. Whitaker & Ray.

$1.50. Matka and Kotik. Whitaker & Ray. $1.50. The Voice of the Scholar. Paul Elder & Co. $1.50. The Stability of Truth. _Address:_ Stanford University, Calif.

JUDSON, WILLIAM LEES, _b._ Manchester, Eng., April 1, 1842. Studied art New York, London, Paris. Studios in London, Ont., and Chicago, Ill. Came to California 1893. Dean of Fine Arts Department University of Southern California since 1906. Contributor magazines on art subjects. _Author:_ The Building of a Picture, 1898. 30c. _Address:_ College of Fine Arts, 212 Thorne St., Los Angeles, Calif.

KEELER, CHARLES, _b._ Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 7, 1871. _Ed._ Milwaukee and New York, and Berkeley High Schools. Special course Univ. of Calif. Contr. to magazines. _Author:_ (Many books out of print.) Bird Notes Afield. $2.00. San Francisco and Thereabouts. _Address:_ 2727 Dwight Way, Berkeley, Calif.

KEEP, JOSIAH, _b._ Paxton, Ma.s.s, May 11, 1849. _Ed._ Amherst College.

A.B. 1874. A.M. 1877. Came to Calif. 1877. Since 1885 Prof. of Nat.

Sc. in Mills College. _Author:_ Common Sea Sh.e.l.ls of California, 1881.

West Coast Sh.e.l.ls, 1887. Sh.e.l.ls and Sea Life, 1901. West American Sh.e.l.ls, 1904. (Most of these destroyed in S.F. fire, 1906.) New edition of West American Sh.e.l.ls now out. _Address:_ Mills College, Calif.

KEITH, ELIZA D., _b._ San Francisco. _Ed._ S.F. High School. Writer editorial, descriptive, current topics for newspapers and magazines.

Public speaker on Civics and Patriotism. Introduced Flag Salute in S.F. schools. _Address:_ 1519 Jackson St., San Francisco, Calif.

KERCHEVAL, ROSALIE, _b._ Nov. 8, San Antonio, Texas. Came to Calif, when a few months old. Wrote poems for papers and magazines. Joint author with her father of book of poems, pub. in 1883. _Address:_ 1817 N. Rosetta St., Los Angeles, Calif.

KINNEY, ABBOTT, _b._ Brookside, N.J., Nov. 16, 1850. Was spl. contr.

with Helen Hunt Jackson to report on Calif. Mission Indians. Chairman State Bd. Forestry. _Author:_ Conquest of Death, 1893. Tasks by Twilight, 1893. Eucalyptus, 1895. Forest and Water, 1901. _Address:_ Venice, Calif.

KIRKHAM, STANTON DAVIS, _b._ Nice, France, Dec. 7, 1868. _Ed._ Calif, public schools and Ma.s.s. Inst. of Technology. _Author:_ Mexican Trails. A record of travel in Mexico, 1904-1907, and a glimpse at the life of the Mexican Indian. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. $1.75. The Philosophy of Self-Help. An application of Practical Psychology to daily life. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. $1.25. In the Open. Intimate studies and appreciations of Nature. Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.

$1.75. Where Dwells the Soul Serene. Philosophical essays. Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco. $1.50. The Ministry of Beauty. Philosophical essays. Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco. $1.50. _Address:_ Canandaigua, N.Y.

KREBS, MRS. ABBIE E., _b._ Providence, R.I., March 19, 1842. Brought around Cape Horn to San Francisco in childhood. Writer for newspapers and magazines. _Address:_ Fair Oaks, San Mateo Co., or The Fairmount, San Francisco, Calif.

LAWRENCE, ALBERTA, _b._ Cleveland, O., July 20, 1875. _Ed._ New York City. Writer in magazines. Eighteen months a.s.sistant Ed. Literature, Art and Music. Came to California 1904. Organized Strangers' League, an interdenominational work among churches for care of strangers.

_Author:_ The Travels of Phoebe Ann. $1.50. _Address:_ 1565 E.

Colorado St., Pasadena, Calif.

LAWRENCE, MARY VIOLET, MRS., _b._ Indiana. Came to California in early fifties. Wrote sketches and poems for newspapers and magazines. Made selection of poems to which Bret Harte's name was attached, known as "Outcroppings." _Address:_ 1034 Vallejo St., San Francisco, Calif.

LONDON, CHARMIAN (Kittridge), writer of poems and sketches for newspapers and magazines. _Author:_ The Log of the Snark--Jack London's sea voyage around the world. _Address:_ Glen Ellen, Calif.

LONDON, JACK, _b._ San Francisco, Jan. 12, 1876. _Ed._ Oakland High School and Univ. of Calif. Writer of short stories and essays on Political Economy. _Author:_ Song of the Wolf, 1900. The G.o.d of His Fathers, 1901. A Daughter of the Snows, 1902. The Children of the Frost, 1902. The Cruise of the Dazzler, 1902. The People of the Abyss, 1903. Kempton-Wace Letters, 1903. The Call of the Wild. 1903. The Faith of Men, 1904. The Sea Wolf, 1904. The Game, 1905. War of the Cla.s.ses, 1905. Tales of the Fish Patrol, 1905. Moon Face, 1906. White Fang, 1907. Before Adam, 1907. Love of Life, 1907. The Iron Heel, 1907. The Road, 1907, etc. _Address:_ Glen Ellen, Calif.

LOUGHEAD, MRS. FLORA HAINES, _b._ Milwaukee, Wis. Journalist and writer of short stories for magazines. Reviewer for S.F. Chronicle for several years. _Author:_ Libraries of California, 1878. The Man Who Was Guilty, 1886. Handbook of Natural Science, 1886. Quick Cooking, 1890. The Abandoned Claim, 1892. The Man From Nowhere, 1892. The Black Curtain, 1897. _Address:_ Alma, Calif.

LOWE, GEORGE N., _b._ near Leicester, England, in 1867. _Ed._ in the school of stern life, and is still getting his education. Writes verse for the newspapers and magazines. _Address:_ 2004 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, California.

LUMMIS, CHARLES FLETCHER, _b._ Lynn, Ma.s.s., Mar. 1, 1859. _Ed._ Harvard. A.B. Litt. D. Santa Clara College. City editor Los Angeles Times 1885-7. Editor Out West Magazine. Librarian Los Angeles Public Library since June 21, 1905. Founder and president Landmarks Club.

Founder (1902) and chairman Exec. Com. Sequoia League. Founder and secretary South West Society Archaeol. Inst. Am. 1903. _Author:_ A New Mexico David, 1891. A Tramp Across the Continent, 1892. Some Strange Corners of Our Country, 1892. Land of Poco Tiempo, 1893. The Spanish Pioneers, 1893. The Man Who Married the Moon, 1894. The Gold Fish of Gran Chimu, 1896. The Enchanted Burro, 1897. The Awakening of a Nation. Mexico Today, 1898. _Address:_ 200 E. Ave. 43, Los Angeles, Calif.

LYNCH, A.E., _b._ Tara Hall, Co. Heath, Ire., Nov. 7, 1845. _Ed._ Jesuit Colleges, Ire., and Belgium. Came to California 1873 for 2 years. Again in 1886 under Gen. Miles. Six years in Arizona on cattle ranch. Contributor poems and articles to magazines and newspapers.

_Address:_ Commissary Dept., State School, Whittier, Calif.

MANNIX, MRS. MARY E., _b._ New York City. Removed with parents to Cincinnati when very young. _Ed._ at Mt. Notre Dame, Reading, Ohio.

_Grad._ of Convent of the Sisters of Namur. First story and verses published in the Catholic World, when nineteen years of age. Since that time has written for nearly all the Catholic magazines, princ.i.p.ally the Ave Maria. Writes fiction, children's stories, verses, biographies, reviews, sketches, and translations from the French, German and Spanish. _Author:_ Life of Sister Louise of Cincinnati, Ohio, Superior of the Mother House of America, Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur. The Tales That Tim Told. A Life's Labrynth. Chronicles of the Little Sisters. The Fortunes of a Little Emigrant. Pancha and Panchita. As True as Gold. The Children of Cupa. Cupa Revisited. The Haldeman Children. Lives of the Saints for Catholic Youth, 3 vols. The Pilgrim From Ireland (translated from the German of Dom Maurus Carnot, O.S.B.) Two books in press--My Brother and I, and The Eagle and the Chamois, translated from the German of Dom Maurus Carnot. _Address:_ 1804 Fourth St., San Diego, Calif.

MARTIN, LANNIE HAYNES, _b._ Jan. 9, 1874. Blountville, Tenn. _Ed._ Sullins College, Bristol, Va., and privately. Came to Calif. 1905.

Contributor to eastern, southern and western magazines. Volume of verse in preparation. _Address:_ Altadena, Calif.

MATHEWS, AMANDA, _b._ Peoria, Ill., Jan. 31, 1866. Came to Calif.

1877. _Ed._ Univ. of Cal. Teacher. _Author:_ The Hieroglyphics of Love. $1.00. _Address:_ 313 East Ave. 60, Los Angeles. Calif.

McCRACKIN, MRS. JOSEPHINE CLIFFORD, _b._ 1838, Castle Peters.h.a.gen, on the Weser, Prussia. Came to St. Louis, Mo., 1846. _Ed._ private school. Came to Calif, in early sixties. One of earliest writers on Overland. Writer ever since for leading magazines. Organized Bird and Tree Protection Soc. of Calif. _Author:_ Overland Tales, 1876. Another Juanita, 1892. _Address:_ 31 Union St., Santa Cruz, Calif.

McGLASHAN, C.F., _b._ Janesville, Wis., Aug. 12, 1847. Crossed the plains to Calif, in 1854. Editor Truckee Republican. Specially interested in historic writing of the Calif, pioneers, etc. Has made an interesting collection of relics of the Donner and other pioneer parties. _Author:_ History of the Donner Party. _Address:_ Truckee, Calif.

McGROARTY, JOHN S., _b._ Penn., Aug. 20, 1862. _Ed._ public and parochial schools and at Hillman Acad. In 1890 he came to Calif.

Writer of songs and descriptive stories for newspapers and magazines.

On editorial staff Los Angeles Times. Editor West Coast Magazine.

_Author:_ Just California, 1907. Wander Songs, 1908. _Address:_ Care of West Coast Magazine, Los Angeles, Calif.

McLEOD, MALCOM, _b._ Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 24, 1867. _Ed._ Dalhousie College, Halifax. N.S., and Princeton, N.J. _Author:_ Heavenly Harmonies. Earthly Discords. The Culture of Simplicity. A Comfortable Faith, all by F.H. Revell Co. _Address:_ 969 San Pasqual St., Pasadena, Calif.

MERLE, MARTIN V., _b._ San Francisco, Calif., May 27, 1880. _Ed._ Cooper public school, St. Ignatius College and Polytechnic High School, San Francisco. _Grad._ A.M., 1906, Santa Clara College, Santa Clara. _Author of plays:_ The Light Eternal. The Vagabond Prince. And a one-act play, The Lady O'Dreams. _Address:_ 714 Broderick St., San Francisco.

MIGHELS, MRS. ELLA STERLING, _b._ California. Began authorship early.

Lady manager for San Francisco at Chicago World's Fair. _M._ in 1896 Philip Verrill Mighels. _Author:_ The Little Mountain Princess.

Loring, Boston. Portrait of a California Girl, in collection of Stories by California Authors. Wagner, S.F. Story of Files of California. Serial: Society and Babe Robinson. Grizzly Bear Co., L.A.

The Full Glory of Diantha. Forbes & Co., Chicago. _Address:_ 1605 Baker St., San Francisco, Calif.

MIGHELS, PHILIP VERRILL, _b._ Carson City, Nevada, April 19, 1869.

_Ed._ Carson schools. Studied law in Nev. Art in N.Y. _M._ Ella Sterling c.u.mmings June, 1896. _Author:_ Out of a Silver Flute (poems.) Nella, the Heart of the Army. The Crystal Scepter. Bruvver Jim's Baby.

The Ultimate Pa.s.sion. Dunny, a Mountain Romance. Sunnyside Tad. Beechy Daw and Other Tales. When a Witch is Young. The Furnace of Gold.

_Address:_ Care of Harper & Bros., New York.

MILLARD, BAILEY, _b._ Markesan, Wis., Oct. 2, 1859. Lit. Ed. S.F.

Examiner. _Author:_ Great American Novel (essays.) She of the West, 1900. Songs of the Press, 1902. The Lure O'Gold, novel, 1904. Many short stories in magazines, etc. _Address:_ Palisade, N.J.