J. W. (Julius Washington) Muller

J. W. Muller — Julius Washington Muller (1867–1930) — was an American author whose work ranged widely across subjects. Catalog and library records connect his name with fiction, fishing books, travel writing, and translation, suggesting a writer who was comfortable moving between popular, practical, and historical material.

He is now most often noted for The Invasion of America: A Fact Story Based on the Inexorable Mathematics of War (1916), a near-future invasion tale that later reference works have treated as part of early American speculative fiction. He also translated Alois Senefelder’s The Invention of Lithography, helping bring an important text in printing history to English-language readers.

Other books associated with Muller include Fishing Around New York, Deep Sea Fishing Grounds, Fire Island to Barnegat, and Fish Yarns, which point to a strong interest in coastal life and angling. Reliable biographical details beyond his dates and published work are limited in the sources I could confirm, so his books remain the clearest guide to the range of his interests and career.