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Miller, Charles Ransom

journalist, was born Jan. 17, 1849, in Hanover, N. H. In 1872 he graduated from Dartfrom Dartmouth college; and for several years associated with the Springfield Republican. Since 1879 he has been connected with the New York Times; after serving in various capacities he became editorial writer in 1881; and since 1883 has been editor-in-chief of that publication .

MILLER, CINCINNATUS HINER- Joaquin Miller-author, poet, was born Nov. 10, 1841, in Wabash district, Ind. He , Ind. He is a poet and prose writer who, after a life of adventure in California, went to London in 1870, and speedily became fabecame famous as the author of Songs of the Sierof the Sierras. Since 1887 he has lived in Oakland , Cal. He is the author of Songs of the Sierras; The Ship of the Desert; Songs Songs of the Sunland; in prose: The Danites in the Sierras; Shadows of Shasta; Me- Shasta; Memorie and Rime; '49, or the Gold Seekers of the Sierras; The One Fair Wo- Fair Woman; The Destruction of Gotham; and The Building of the City Beautiful, a po- , a poetic romance.