nd Other Poems," "The
Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems," and "Gates of Paradise, and
Other Poems." His book "California the Wonderful" is a volume of
beautiful prose giving a historical, social, and literary study of the
state. _A Creed; Duty; Opportunity; Preparedness; Rules for the Road;
The Stone Rejected; Two at a Fireside; Victory in Defeat_.

MASON, WALT. Born at Columbus, Ontario, May 4, 1862. Self-educated. Came
to the United States 1880; was connected with the Atchison _Globe_
1885-7; later with Lincoln, Neb., _State Journal_; editorial
paragrapher of the _Evening News_, Washington, 1893; with the Emporia,
Kan., _Gazette_ since 1907. Writes a daily prose poem which is
syndicated in over two hundred newspapers, and is believed to have the
largest audience of any living writer. Among his books are "Rhymes of
the Range," "Uncle Walt," "Walt Mason's Business Prose Poems,"
"Rippling Rhymes," "Horse Sense," "Terse Verse," and "Walt Mason, His
Book." _Lions and Ants; The Has-Beens; The Welcome Man_.

MILLER, JOAQUIN. Born in Indiana, Nov. 11, 1841; died Feb. 17, 1913. He
went to Oregon 1854; was afterwards a miner in California; studied
law; was a judge in Grant County, Oregon, 1866-70. For a while he was
a journalist in Washington, D.C.; returned to California 1887. He is
the author of various books of verse, and is called "The Poet of the
Sierras." _Columbus; To Those Who Fail_.

MILTON, JOHN. Born at London, Dec. 9, 1608; died there Nov. 8, 1674.
Attended St. Paul's School; at Cambridge 1625-32. At Horton, writing
and studying, 1632-38. In 1638 went to Italy; met Galileo in Florence.
During the great Civil War wrote pamphlets against the Royalists; was
made Latin Secretary to the new Commonwealth 1649; became totally
blind 1652. Until his third marriage in 1663, his domestic life had
been rendered unhappy by the undutifulness of his three daughters.
Among his works are "L'Allegro," "Il Penseroso," "Comus," "Lycidas,"
"Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," and "Samson Agonistes." _The
Inner Light_.

MORGAN, ANGELA. Born at Washington, D.C. Educated under private tutors
and at public schools; took special work at Columbia University. Began
early as a newspaper writer, first with the Chicago _American_; then
with the Chicago _Journal_, and New York and Boston papers. She is a
member of the Poetry Society of America, The MacDowell Club, Three
Arts,