COX, Palmer, artist, born in Granby, Quebec, Canada, 28 April, 1840. He was graduated at Granby academy in 1858, and subsequently resided in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Lucknow. Ont., until 1863. From 1863 till 1875 he made San Francisco, California, his home, and while there contributed regularly to the " Golden Era" and the "Aita California." In 1875 he settled in New York, where he follows artistic and literary pursuits. He has distinguished himself chiefly by illustrating his own writings with characteristic drawings, as shown in" The Brownie Stories." Mr. Cox has contributed to various magazines, and has published "Squibs of California" (Hartford, 1874); "Hans yon Pelter's Trip to Gotham" (New York, 1876); "How Columbus found America" (1877); and " That Stanley" (1877).