*PRATT, LUCY.* Born at Deerfield, Mass., July 29, 1874. Educated at Deerfield Academy, private school at Nyack, N. Y., Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Teacher at Hampton Institute, 1897 to 1904. First story published, “The Entrance of Ezekiel.” Books: “Ezekiel,” 1909; “Ezekiel Expands,” 1914; “Felix Tells It,” 1915. Chief interests: human beings, music, literature, and changing seasons. Lives at Cambridge, Mass. *Green Umbrellas. (4) *PULVER, MARY BRECHT.* (_for biography, see 1917_). *David and Jonathan. *PUTNAM, GEORGE PALMER.* Born at Rye, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1887. Educated in public schools and King’s School, Stamford, Conn., Gunnery School, Washington, D. C., Harvard University, and University of California. Journalist, newspaper owner, author, Mayor of Bend, Ore., and Secretary to the Governor of Oregon. Enlisted in the army and went to the Mexican border. Has been in Department of Justice for eight months and is now in the Officers’ Training Camp, Louisville, Ky. Chief interests: outdoor world, travel, politics, and people. First published story, “The Sixth Man,” Ladies’ Home Journal, February, 1918. Books: “The Southland of North America,” 1913; “Outings in Oregon,” 1915; “The Smiting of the Rock,” 1917. Home: Bend, Ore. *Sixth Man. *RANCK, EDWIN CARTY.* Born in Lexington, Ky., 1879. Educated in private schools and Harvard. Newspaper man since 1898. On staffs of newspapers in Lexington and Covington, Ky. Dramatic editor, Cincinnati Post, 1906; St. Louis Star, 1907 and 1908; Brooklyn Eagle, 1916 to 1918. Has been in France as war correspondent. Now press representative and play reader for the Greenwich Village Theatre, New York City. First published story, “The Chosen People,” Lippincott’s Magazine, September, 1906. Books: “History of Covington,” 1903; “Poems for Pale People,” 1906; “The Night Riders,” 1912; “The Doughboys’ Book,” 1919. Lives in New York City. Out o’ Luck. *RHODES, HARRISON (GARFIELD).* Born at Cleveland, Ohio, June 2, 1871. Educated at public schools, Cleveland, Adelbert College of Western Reserve University, and Harvard University. Chief interests, the war, travel, human society, and writing. First published story, “The Impertinence of Charles Edward,” McClure’s Magazine, January, 1903. Books: “The Lady and the Ladder,” 1906; “Charles Edward,” 1907; “The Flight to Eden,” 1907; “Guide Book to Florida,” 1912; “In Vacation America,” 1915. Lives in New York City. *Extra Men. *RIVERS, STUART.* Leading Lady of the Discards.