Part 12
"Everyone for himself," is the law of the jungle. But slowly a new form of expression is shaping and we are beginning to take pride in the things that are "ours," rather than in that which alone is "mine."
DANA W. BARTLETT, in _Our Governtnert in Social Service, or a Nation at Work in Human Uplift._
DECEMBER 19.
"BACK THERE."
"Back there," the gambler-wind the snow is shuffling, Flake after flake down--dealing in despair; The bladeless field, the birdless thicket muffling, But now no more the river's stillness ruffling. Oh, bitter is the sky, and blank its stare-- Back there!
"Back there," the wires are down. The blizzard, meaning No good to man or beast, shakes loose his hair. The storm-bound train and locomotive preening His sable plume, the ferry-boat, careening Between the ice-cakes, icy fringes wear-- Back there!
TRACY and LUCY ROBINSON, in _Out West._
DECEMBER 20.
"OUT HERE."
"Out Here," a mocker trills his carol olden, High-perched upon some eucalyptus near. The meadow lark replies; oranges golden Peer from the green wherewith they are enfolden, And perfume fills the winey atmosphere-- Out Here!
"Out Here," through virgin soil, in sunlight mellow-- Ay, and in moonlight!--man his plow may steer, Nor lose life's edge in friction with his fellow; Nor, parchment-bound, with yellowing creeds turn yellow, But feel his heart grow younger every year-- Out Here!
TRACY and LUCY ROBINSON, in _Out West._
DECEMBER 21.
HAPPY HEART.
As I go lightly on my way I hear the flowers and grasses talk: I listen to the gray-beard rock: I know what 'tis the tree-tops say. A thousand comrades with me walk As I go lightly on my way.
As I go lightly on my way A bonnie bird a greeting sings, And gossip from a far clime brings; A grumbling bee growls out "Good-day"; A jest the saucy chipmonk flings, As I go lightly on my way.
As I go lightly on my way The brook trips by with dancing feet, And Song and Laughter soft repeat Their cadence as I watch its play; And whispers low the wind, and sweet, As I go lightly on my way.
CHARLES E. JENNEY, in _Country Life in America, September_, 1902.
DECEMBER 22.
EUCALYPTUS BLOSSOMS.
I fell asleep beneath a fragrant Arrow-leafed tree; And all night long its drooping branches Showered sweet dreams on me. But when the dawn-wind stirred the tree tops I saw, oh wondrous sight! My dreams, pale spheres amid the leafage, Ethereal, poised for flight.
MARGARET ADELAIDE WILSON, in _Out West Magazine._
DECEMBER 23.
TO MODJESKA.
Crowned with the glory of artistic achievement, with the love and devotion of friends and family, with the homage of the world, her royal yet sweet and gentle spirit has risen from the earth to shine above like a brilliant star, perpetually transmitting its pure white light to a reverently admiring multitude.
BERTHA HIRSCH BARUCH, _Inscribed on banner accompanying floral tribute of the Fine Arts League._
NIGHT ON THE DESERT.
All daylight he followed through endless hot marches The trail of a plodding desire: Now with night he has lost the fierce fever of getting, Adrowse by his dull-embered fire. Immeasurable silences compass him over, His body grows one with the streams Of sands that slide and whisper around him; The stars draw his soul: and he dreams.
MARGARET ADELAIDE WILSON, in _Pall Mall Magazine._
DECEMBER 24.
CHRISTMAS.
The sun's glory lies on the mountain Like the glow of a golden dream, Or the flush on a slumbering fountain That wakes to dawn's roseate beam. So the year's day dies in a glory, And dying, like sunrays unfurled, Casts the peace and love of Christ's story Over the heart of the world.
HAROLD T. SYMMES.
DECEMBER 25 AND 26.
THE NAZARINE.
A manger-cradled child, his mother near, And one they call his father standing by, Shepherd and Magi, with the gifts they bear, An angel chorus rolling through the sky-- Once more the sacred mystery we scan, And wonder if the Christ be God's best gift to man.
Pale, patient Pleader, for the poor and those Whose hearts are homes of sorrow and of pain, Thy voice is as a balm for all their woes; Through twenty centuries it calleth plain As when it breathed the invitation blest-- "Ye weary, come to Me, and I will give you rest."
Reason may seek to ruin, science scorn, But that great love of Thine hath made us wise In wisdom not of understanding born, That bids us turn to Thee with longing eyes And outstretched hands. We know that Thou art He. Nor do we seek a sign as did the Pharisee.
Sweet festival that bringeth back once more The golden dreams of childhood, let us turn Like little children to the Christmas lore That once did hold us spellbound, till we learn Again the lesson of Thy love; for we Must be like children, Lord, ere we can come to Thee.
LOUIS ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, in _Cloistral Strains._
DECEMBER 27.
MEMORIES.
I watched the dying embers, my vision blurred apace-- I trod once more that hallowed ground, of kith, of kin, of race. I saw again the turf-fire send its living flame on high, Saw youthful figures grouped around the Yule board, laden, nigh.
The latch went up, the neighbors came and instantly good cheer Went 'round the festive gathering 'till the Christ-child hour drew near, The piper played, the dance began, and child and parent fond Tripped back and forth, tripped high and low, with smile of loving bond.
ELLEN DWYER DONOVAN, in _The Christinas Card._
DECEMBER 28.
MOUNT SHASTA.
As lone as God, and white as Winter moon, Mount Shasta's peak looks down on forest gloom. The storm-tossed pines and warlike-looking firs Have rallied here upon its silver spurs. Eternal tower, majestic, great and strong, So silent all, except for Heaven's song-- For Heaven's voice calls out through silver bars To Shasta's height; calls out below the stars, And speaks the way, as though but quarter rod From Shasta's top unto its maker, God.
WILLIAM F. BURBANK.
DECEMBER 29 AND 30.
WHERE THE CREAMY YUCCA BLOOMS.
Say mate, I'm in the foothills; Got a tent to sleep in nights, Far away from beaten highways And the talk of human rights; Far away from din and tumult, Where the greed of pelf consumes-- I've a corner, here, of heaven Where the creamy yucca blooms.
God! the newborn sense of freedom! Down in chain and bolt and bar, Rent the vain that kept in hiding Lore of sky and silver star. Wisdom dwelleth not in cities; 'Tis the foothill night illumes-- Where the insects chant their hymnals, And the creamy yucca blooms.
Get a move on, mate, come out here, Leave the deadly fever-dreams Of the street and of the market Where the "rocky yellow" gleams. Here you live in every moment, And the soul its own assumes In this blessed bit of heaven, Where the creamy yucca blooms.
ELIZABETH BAKER BOHAN, in _West Coast Magazine._
DECEMBER 31.
ELECTRICITY ON THE COMSTOCK.
Born from nothing, it leaps into existence with the full-fledged strength of a giant, dies, is born again; lives a thousand lives and dies a thousand deaths in a single pulsating second of time.
It soars to every height, plunges to every depth, and stretches its vast arms throughout illimitable space.
It plants the first blush upon the cheek of dawn; with brush of gold upon the glowing canvas of the west, it tells the story of the dying day.
At its mere whim and caprice, a thousand pillars of light leap from the dark and sullen seas which surge about the poles, while from its shimmering loom it weaves the opalescent tapestry of the aurora to hang against the black background of the arctic night.
It rouses nature from her winter sleep, breaks the icy fetters of the frost that binds the streams, lifts the shroud of snow from off the landscape, woos the tender mold and bids the birth of bud and blossom; dowers the flower with perfume and clothes the earth with verdure of the spring.
It rides the swift courses of the storms that circle round the bald crest of old Mount Davidson; cleaves the black curtain of the night with scimitar of flame; rouses the lightnings from their couch of clouds and wakes the earthquake.
Beneath its touch, the beetling crag, which took omnipotence a thousand years to rear, crumbles into dust, the mere plaything of the idle wind; it lays its hand upon the populous city with its teeming, restless multitude. And yesterday, where stood the glittering spire, the shining tower, the frowning battlement, today the cold gray ocean rolls in undisputed might.
It gathers the doings of the day from the four corners of the world, the tales of love and death, of fire and flood, of strife and pestilence, and under eight thousand miles of shivering sea, whispers the babble of two hemispheres.
It turns the wheels of peace where poor men toil, and helps the husbandman to plow and plant and reap his whispering grain.
It rides the wings of war where brave men die; and when it stalks between contending hosts, exalts the kingly crest and helps an empire plant its flag of conquest.
It glows in lonely attics where weary workers toil to earn their crust. It shines o'er scenes where feet of feasters tread the halls of revelry. It lights the mourners on their pathway to the tomb. It glares in haunts where jeweled ringers lift the cup of pleasure to the month of sin, 'mid the sobbing of the sensuous music and flow of forbidden wine; and speeding on its way illumes the dim cathedral aisle, where surpliced priest proclaims the teachings of the master, and golden-throated choirs lift their hosannas to the King of Kings.
It was the Maker's ally at the dawn of time, and when God from the depths of infinite space, said "Let there be light," it sent the pulse of life along creation's veins, baptized earth's cold brow with floods of fire, and stood the sponsor of a cradled world.
SAM P. DAVIS.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
ANGIER, BELLE SUMNER, (Mrs. Walter Burn.) Special training in floricultural and horticultural subjects. Staff writer on Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Express. Writer on garden and floral topics for California newspapers and many magazines. _Author:_ Garden Book of California. _Address:_ 1036 N. Washington St., Los Angeles, Calif.
ARCHER, RUBY, _b._ Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 28, 1873. _Ed._ Kansas City High School and private tutors. Contributor of poems, translations from French and German dramas and lyrics, prose articles on Art, Architecture, Music, Biblical Literature, Philosophy, etc., for papers and magazines. _Author:_ Little Poems. $1.25. Thought Awakening. $1.00. _Address:_ R.F.D. No. 8, Box 11-A, Los Angeles, Calif. (The Studio is at Granada Park, on the Covina Electric Line.)
AUSTIN, MARY. _Author:_ The Land of Little Rain, an account of the California Desert. $2.00. The Basket Woman, a book of Indian myths and fanciful tales for children. $1.50. Isidro, a romance of Mission days. $1.50. The Flock, an account of the shepherd industry of California. $2.00. Santa Lucia, a novel. $1.50. Lost Borders, the people of the desert. _Address:_ Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, or care of Harper Bros., New York.
BAMFORD, MARY ELLEN, _b._ Healdsburg, Calif. _Author:_ Up and Down the Brooks. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 75c. Her Twenty Heathen. Pilgrim Press. 50c. My Land and Water Friends. D. Lothrop & Co. The Look About Club. D. Lothrop & Co. Second Year of the Look About Club. D. Lothrop & Co. Janet and Her Father. Congregational S.S. & Pub. Soc. Marie's Story. Congregational S.S. & Pub. Soc. Miss Millie's Trying. Hunt & Eaton. Number One or Number Two. Hunt & Eaton. A Piece of Kitty Hunter's Life. Hunt & Eaton. Father Lambert's Family. Phillips & Hunt. Thoughts of My Dumb Neighbors. Phillips & Hunt. Eleanor and I. Congregational S.S. & Pub. Soc. Talks by Queer Folks. D. Lothrop Co. Jessie's Three Resolutions. Am. Bap. Pub. Soc. In Editha's Days. Am. Baptist Pub. Soc. Three Roman Girls. Am. Baptist Pub. Soc. Out of the Triangle. D.C. Cook Pub. Co. 25c. Ti: A Story of San Francisco's Chinatown. D.C. Cook Co. 25c. The Denby Children at the Fair. D.C. Cook Co. _Address:_ 621 E. 15th St., East Oakland, Calif.
BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE, _b._ May 5, 1832, Granville, Ohio. _Ed._ Granville Academy until sixteen years of age. Clerk in bookstore in Buffalo, N.Y. Came to San Francisco March, 1852. While building up a large book-selling and publishing house, Mr. Bancroft worked for 30 years on the colossal history which bears his name, issued in Vols. as follows: The Native Races of the Pacific States, 5 vols. History of Central America, 3 vols. History of Mexico, 6 vols. North Mexican States and Texas, 2 vols. California, 7 vols. Arizona and New Mexico, 1 vol. Colorado and Wyoming, 1 vol. Utah and Nevada, 1 vol. Northwest Coast, 2 vols. Oregon, 2 vols. Washington, Idaho and Montana, 1 vol. British Columbia, 1 vol. Alaska, 1 vol. California Pastoral, 1 vol. California Inter Pocula, 1 vol. Popular Tribunals, 2 vols. Essays and Miscellany, 1 vol. Literary Industries, 1 vol. Also Book of the Fair, Book of Wealth, Resources of Mexico, The New Pacific, etc. _Address:_ 2898 Jackson St., San Francisco.
BANDINI, HELEN ELLIOTT (Mrs. Arturo), _b._ Indianapolis, _Ed._ in public schools. Came to California in 1874 when father was president of Indiana Colony, which founded Pasadena. Writer for newspapers and magazines. _Author:_ History of California (Am. Book Co.) The Romance of California History (in press.) _Address:_ 1149 San Pasqual St., Pasadena. Calif.
BARTLETT, DANA WEBSTER, _b._ Bangor, Me., Oct. 27, 1860. _Ed._ Iowa College (Grinnell, La.,) 1882. Attended Yale and Chicago Theol. Sems. Pastor Phillips Church, Salt Lake. Since 1896 pastor Bethlehem Inst. Church, Los Angeles, which now covers six city lots. _Author:_ The Better City: "Our Government in Social Service." _Address:_ Bethlehem Institutional Church, Los Angeles, Calif.
BARUCH, BERTHA HIRSCH, _b._ Province of Posen, Germany. Came to New London, Conn., with father in 1876. Wrote poetry in her teens and was encouraged by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop in her literary efforts. Active in College Settlement and Univ. Ext. work. Attended Penn. Univ. and Yale. On editorial staff Los Angeles Times. _Address:_ 1168 W. 36th St., Los Angeles, Calif.
BASHFORD, HERBERT, _b._ Sioux City, Ia., 1871. Contributor to leading magazines on literature and the drama. _Author:_ The Wolves of the Sea; The Tenting of the Tillicums: At the Shrine of Song, etc. Writer of several successful plays, The Defiance of Doris, etc. _Address:_ San Jose, Calif.
BINGHAM, HELEN, _b._ San Francisco, Aug. 23, 1885. _Ed._ private tutors, with special reference to Archaeology. _Author:_ In Tamal Land. $2.00. _Address:_ 785 Cole St., San Francisco, Calif.
BLAND, HENRY MEADE, _b._ Suisun, Solano Co., Calif., April 21, 1863. _Ed._ public schools, University of the Pacific (Ph.D., 1890), Stanford University (M.A., 1895). Professor English Literature since 1898 at State Normal School, San Jose. Contributor leading magazines. _Author:_ A song of Autumn and Other Poems. 1908. $1.00. _Address:_ State Normal School, San Jose, Calif.
BOHAN, MRS. ELIZABETH BAKER, _b._ England, August 18. When 4 years old came to Milwaukee, Wisc. _Ed._ in public schools. Married in Milwaukee and began to write short stories, poems, and philosophical articles. _Author:_ The Drag-net, 1909, C.M. Clark, Boston. The Strength of the Weak, Grafton Co., Los Angeles $1.50 each. _Address:_ 1844 Santa Cruz Street, Los Angeles, California.
BOOTHS, CHARLES BEACH, _b._ Stratford, Conn., July 3, 1851. _Ed._ Stratford Acad. 1894 came to Los Angeles. Pres. Nat. Irrigation Congress, 1896-7. Writer on Conservation of National Resources. _Address:_ Los Angeles, Calif.
BRANNICK, LAURENCE, _b._ Scardene, Co. Mayo, Ire., May 24, 1874. _Ed._ St. Jarlath's College, Tuam and Maynooth College. B.A. 1907 Univ. S. Calif. Writer for papers and magazines. Especially interested in perpetuation of Gaelic language. _Address:_ Station K., Los Angeles, Calif.
BRIGMAN, MRS. ANNIE W., _b._ Honolulu, Dec. 3. Came to California in young girlhood. Writer of verses to accompany her own artistic photographs. _Address:_ 647 32nd St., Oakland, Calif.
BRININSTOOL. E.A., _b._ Warsaw, Wyoming Co., N.Y., October 11, 1870. Attended common school until 17. In 1887 learned printer's trade. In 1895 came to Calif. In 1900 began to write humorous verse for the Los Angeles Times, Record, Examiner and Express. Since 1905 on Los Angeles Express in editorial paragraphs and a short column of verse and miscellaneous matter, dubbed, "Lights and Shadows." _Address:_ The Express, Los Angeles, Calif.
BROOKS, FRED EMERSON, _b._ Waverly, N.Y., Dec. 5, 1850. _Grad._ Madison (now Colgate) Univ., 1873. Lived in S.F. 1873-1891. S.F. Call styled him California's Celebration Poet. Writer of plays, magazine articles, etc. _Author:_ Old Ace and Other Poems. Pickett's Charge and Other Poems, (both by Forbes & Co., Chicago.) _Address:_ 564 W. 182nd St., New York.
BROWN, HENRY HARRISON, _b._ June 26, 1840, Uxbridge, Mass. _Ed._ at public schools, Nichols Academy at Dudley, Mass., and Meadville, Penn., Divinity School. Began to teach school when he was 17, and with the exception of three years in service during the Civil War continued teaching till he was 30. Preacher in Unitarian churches for 7 years; lectured for 17 years on reformatory topics. _Pub._ in San Francisco from 1900 to 1906, _Now: A Journal of Affirmation_. Is contributor to progressive magazines and lectures extensively. _Author:_ Concentration: The Road to Success. 50c. and $1.00. How to Control Fate Through Suggestion. 25c. Not Hypnotism, But Suggestion. 25c. Man's Greatest Discovery. 25c. Self Healing Through Suggestion. 25c. The Call of the Twentieth Century. 25c. Dollars Want Me: The New Road to Opulence. 10c. _Address:_ "Now" Home, Glenwood, Santa Cruz Co., Calif.
BRUN, SAMUEL JACQUES, _b._ Mime, Province of Gard, France, of Huguenot parents. _Grad._ French Univ. Instructor in French at Haverford College, Cornell Univ., Stanford Univ. Now an attorney. _Author:_ Tableaux de la Revolution (a French reader, 9th ed.) Tales of Languedoc (Folk Lore.) $1.50. _Address:_ 110 Sutter St., and 1467 Willard St., San Francisco.
BRUN, MRS. S.J., nee Hanna Otis, _b._ Auburn, N.Y. Writer for magazines. _Address:_ 1467 Willard St., San Francisco.
BURBANK, BLANCHE M., _b._ West Troy, N.Y. Has lived most of her life in California. Has written poems for the magazines. _Author:_ Reed Notes, 1905. _Address:_ Union Square Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
BURBANK, LUTHER, _b._ Lancaster, Mass., March 7, 1849. _Ed._ at Lancaster, and in the schools of adversity, Nature, and prosperity. _Author:_ The Training of the Human Plant. _Address:_ Santa Rosa, Calif.
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._ Massachusetts Institute Technology, B.S., 1887. Instructor topo. drawing University of California, 1891-4. Ass. 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, Mass.
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 God Forgot. The Siege of Youth. The Awakening of the Duchess. 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, Mass. _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.
COX, 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 Cox'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.