KEEP, JOSIAH, b. Paxton, Mass, May 11, 1849. Ed. Amherst College.  A.B. 1874.  A.M. 1877.  Came to Calif. 1877.  Since 1885 Prof. of Nat.  Sc. in Mills College. Author: Common Sea Shells of California, 1881.  West Coast Shells, 1887.  Shells and Sea Life, 1901.  West American Shells, 1904. (Most of these destroyed in S.F. fire, 1906.) New edition of West American Shells now out. Address: Mills College, Calif.

KEITH, ELIZA D., b. San Francisco. Ed. S.F.  High School.  Writer editorial, descriptive, current topics for newspapers and magazines.  Public speaker on Civics and Patriotism.  Introduced Flag Salute in S.F. schools. Address: 1519 Jackson St., San Francisco, Calif.

KERCHEVAL, ROSALIE, b. Nov. 8, San Antonio, Texas.  Came to Calif, when a few months old.  Wrote poems for papers and magazines.  Joint author with her father of book of poems, pub. in 1883. Address: 1817 N. Rosetta St., Los Angeles, Calif.

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.