Luther Burbank at the Age of Nine 



No one who has personal acquaintance with the mature 

 Luther Burbank can glance at this picture without recalling the 

 phrase: "The child is father to the man." As to mere physical ap- 

 pearance the man quite commonly bears small resemblance to 

 his boyhood self: but Mr. Burbank is a striking exception 

 to this. This is a "speaking likeness" of the ma- 

 ture Luther Burbank, particularly as regards 

 the expression about the mouth. 



