STODDARD, CHARLES WARREN

(1843-1909), an American author, 6. in Rochester, N.Y. He studied at the University of California, was for a while an actor and finally became a traveling correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, his wanderings in the South Seas and adjoining coasts being especially prolific in literary material. Before himself entirely to writing he taught English for a period in the Catholic University of America. Among his works are South Sea Idylls, 1873; Summer Cruising in the South Seas, 1874; The Lepers of Molokai, 1885; Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska, 1899; In the Footprints of the Padres, 1902, and The Island of Tranquil Delights, 1904.