MERLE, MARTIN V., b. San Francisco, Calif., May 27, 1880. Ed. Cooper public school, St. Ignatius College and Polytechnic High School, San Francisco. Grad. A.M., 1906, Santa Clara College, Santa Clara. Author of plays: The Light Eternal.  The Vagabond Prince.  And a one-act play, The Lady O’Dreams. Address: 714 Broderick St., San Francisco.

MIGHELS, MRS. ELLA STERLING, b. California.  Began authorship early. 
Lady manager for San Francisco at Chicago World’s Fair. M. in 1896
Philip Verrill Mighels. Author: The Little Mountain Princess. 
Loring, Boston.  Portrait of a California Girl, in collection of
Stories by California Authors.  Wagner, S.F.  Story of Files of
California.  Serial:  Society and Babe Robinson.  Grizzly Bear Co., L.A. 
The Full Glory of Diantha.  Forbes & Co., Chicago. Address: 1605
Baker St., San Francisco, Calif.

MIGHELS, PHILIP VERRILL, b. Carson City, Nevada, April 19, 1869. Ed. Carson schools.  Studied law in Nev.  Art in N.Y. M. Ella Sterling Cummings June, 1896. Author: Out of a Silver Flute (poems.) Nella, the Heart of the Army.  The Crystal Scepter.  Bruvver Jim’s Baby.  The Ultimate Passion.  Dunny, a Mountain Romance.  Sunnyside Tad.  Beechy Daw and Other Tales.  When a Witch is Young.  The Furnace of Gold. Address: Care of Harper & Bros., New York.

MILLARD, BAILEY, b. Markesan, Wis., Oct. 2, 1859.  Lit.  Ed. S.F.  Examiner. Author: Great American Novel (essays.) She of the West, 1900.  Songs of the Press, 1902.  The Lure O’Gold, novel, 1904.  Many short stories in magazines, etc. Address: Palisade, N.J.

MILLARD, GERTRUDE B., b. July 8th, 1872, Sheboygan, Wis.  Came to California Feb., 1893, from Jamestown, N. Dak. Ed. Boston, Mass., and Jamestown, N.D. Author of short stories for magazines. Address: San Jose, Calif.

MILLER, JOAQUIN—­the Poet of the Sierras, b. in Wabash Dist., Ind., Nov. 10, 1841.  Editor (1863) Eugene, Ore., Democratic Register. Author: The Building of the City Beautiful, a poetic romance.  Complete Poems, 6 vols., 1909. Address: The Hights, Dimond, Calif.

MILLER, OLIVE THORNE, b. Auburn, N.Y., June 25, 1831; Author: True Bird Stories. $1.00 net.  The First Book of Birds. $1.00.  School edition, 60c net.  The Second Book of Birds. $1.00 net.  Upon the Tree-Tops. $1.25.  Little Brothers of the Air. $1.25.  A Bird-Lover in the West. $1.25.  Bird-Ways. 16mo, $1.25.  In Nesting Time. $1.25.  With the Birds in Maine. $1.10.  Our Home Pets. $1.25. Address: 5928 Hays Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

MILLS, BENJAMIN FAY, b. Rahway, N.J., June 4, 1857.  Evangelical Minister, 1878-1897.  Liberal Minister, lecturer, writer and social reformer, 1897.  Founded The Fellowship, representing “Religion Without Superstition,” 1904.  Lived in California 1875-6, 1899—. Author: God’s World.  The Divine Adventure.  Twentieth Century Religion.  The New Revelation.  Editor Fellowship Magazine. Address: Los Angeles.  Calif.