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 Mass. 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 Assistant 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 God 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 Classes, 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, Mass., 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.