MANNIX, MRS. MARY E., _b._ New York City. Removed with parents to Cincinnati when very young. _Ed._ at Mt. Notre Dame, Reading, Ohio. _Grad._ of Convent of the Sisters of Namur. First story and verses published in the Catholic World, when nineteen years of age. Since that time has written for nearly all the Catholic magazines, principally the Ave Maria. Writes fiction, children's stories, verses, biographies, reviews, sketches, and translations from the French, German and Spanish. _Author:_ Life of Sister Louise of Cincinnati, Ohio, Superior of the Mother House of America, Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur. The Tales That Tim Told. A Life's Labrynth. Chronicles of the Little Sisters. The Fortunes of a Little Emigrant. Pancha and Panchita. As True as Gold. The Children of Cupa. Cupa Revisited. The Haldeman Children. Lives of the Saints for Catholic Youth, 3 vols. The Pilgrim From Ireland (translated from the German of Dom Maurus Carnot, O.S.B.) Two books in press--My Brother and I, and The Eagle and the Chamois, translated from the German of Dom Maurus Carnot. _Address:_ 1804 Fourth St., San Diego, Calif. MARTIN, LANNIE HAYNES, _b._ Jan. 9, 1874. Blountville, Tenn. _Ed._ Sullins College, Bristol, Va., and privately. Came to Calif. 1905. Contributor to eastern, southern and western magazines. Volume of verse in preparation. _Address:_ Altadena, Calif. MATHEWS, AMANDA, _b._ Peoria, Ill., Jan. 31, 1866. Came to Calif. 1877. _Ed._ Univ. of Cal. Teacher. _Author:_ The Hieroglyphics of Love. $1.00. _Address:_ 313 East Ave. 60, Los Angeles. Calif. McCRACKIN, MRS. JOSEPHINE CLIFFORD, _b._ 1838, Castle Petershagen, on the Weser, Prussia. Came to St. Louis, Mo., 1846. _Ed._ private school. Came to Calif, in early sixties. One of earliest writers on Overland. Writer ever since for leading magazines. Organized Bird and Tree Protection Soc. of Calif. _Author:_ Overland Tales, 1876. Another Juanita, 1892. _Address:_ 31 Union St., Santa Cruz, Calif. McGLASHAN, C.F., _b._ Janesville, Wis., Aug. 12, 1847. Crossed the plains to Calif, in 1854. Editor Truckee Republican. Specially interested in historic writing of the Calif, pioneers, etc. Has made an interesting collection of relics of the Donner and other pioneer parties. _Author:_ History of the Donner Party. _Address:_ Truckee, Calif. McGROARTY, JOHN S., _b._ Penn., Aug. 20, 1862. _Ed._ public and parochial schools and at Hillman Acad. In 1890 he came to Calif. Writer of songs and descriptive stories for newspapers and magazines. On editorial staff Los Angeles Times. Editor West Coast Magazine. _Author:_ Just California, 1907. Wander Songs, 1908. _Address:_ Care of West Coast Magazine, Los Angeles, Calif. McLEOD, MALCOM, _b._ Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 24, 1867. _Ed._ Dalhousie College, Halifax. N.S., and Princeton, N.J. _Author:_ Heavenly Harmonies. Earthly Discords. The Culture of Simplicity. A Comfortable Faith, all by F.H. Revell Co. _Address:_ 969 San Pasqual St., Pasadena, Calif.