The California Birthday Book by Various
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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. |
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