th 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, Re