FRANCIS MARION CRAWFORD. ⭘ “The Most Versatile of Modern Novelists” ⭘ Birth, Ancestors, and Early Life ⭘ Editor on the “Allahabad Herald” ⭘ Varied Experiences ⭘ How he Came to Write “Mr. Isaacs” ⭘ His Most Popular Novels ⭘ A Novel Written in Twenty-four ♦Days ♦ ‘Hours’ replaced with ‘Days’ ⭘ His Other Chief Works ⭘ ‘Horace Bellingham’ ⭘ ‘In the Himalayas’ FRANCIS RICHARD STOCKTON. ⭘ A Prolific and Popular Author ⭘ Birth and Educational Training ⭘ Engraver and Designer ⭘ One New Book Almost Every Year ⭘ Some of his Best Known Books ⭘ ‘The End of a Career’ EDWARD BELLAMY. ⭘ A Most Remarkable Sensation ⭘ 100,000 Copies Per Year ⭘ Mr. ♦Bellamy’s Ideal ♦ ‘Belamy’s’ replaced with ‘Bellamy’s’ ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ His Books ⭘ An Ideal Home ⭘ ‘Music in the Year 2000’ GEORGE W. CABLE. ⭘ “Circumstances Make the Man” ⭘ Birth and Early Life ⭘ Service in the Confederate Army ⭘ Errand Boy in a Store ⭘ On the “New Orleans Picayune” ⭘ Devotes his Life to Literature ⭘ His Most Prominent Works ⭘ ‘The Doctor’ HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. ⭘ Ancestors, Birth, and Girlhood ⭘ Removal to Cincinnati ⭘ A Trip Across the River ⭘ Marriage ⭘ Severe Trials ⭘ A Memorable Year ⭘ “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” ⭘ Her Pen Never Idle ⭘ Removal to Hartford, Conn. ⭘ Her Death ⭘ ‘The Little Evangelist’ ⭘ ‘The Other World’ M. VIRGINIA TERHUNE (MARION HARLAND). ⭘ Wide Variety of Talent ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ Marriage and Home ⭘ Her Most Prominent Works ⭘ ‘A Manly Hero’ MARY ABIGAIL DODGE (GAIL HAMILTON). ⭘ Essayist, Critic and Novelist ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ Career as a Writer ⭘ Her Published Volumes ⭘ The Only Authorized Life of J. G. Blaine ⭘ ‘Fishing’ HELEN HUNT JACKSON. ⭘ Helen Hunt’s Cabin ⭘ Birth and Education ⭘ Marriage and Removal to Newport, R. I. ⭘ Her First Poems ⭘ Great Distinction as a Writer ⭘ Removal to Colorado ⭘ At the Foot of Pike’s Peak ⭘ List of her Most Prominent Works ⭘ Death and Burial Place ⭘ ‘Christmas Night at St. Peter’s’ ⭘ ‘Choice of Colors’ FRANCES H. BURNETT. ⭘ Pluck, Energy and Perseverance ⭘ Her First Story ⭘ Marriage and Tour in Europe ⭘ Her Children Stories ⭘ A Frequent Contributor to Periodicals ⭘ ‘Pretty Polly P.’ MARY N. MURFREE (CHAS. EGBERT CRADDOCK). ⭘ An Amusing Story ⭘ Birth, Ancestry and Misfortunes ⭘ A Student of Humanity ⭘ Her Style Bold and Full of Humor ⭘ ‘The Confession’ ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS WARD. ⭘ Favorable Reception of “Gates Ajar!” ⭘ An Early Writer ⭘ A Long Series of Books ⭘ Marriage and Home ⭘ Her Purpose Always High ⭘ ‘The Hands at Hayle and Kelso’s’