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Rh "Fairfax " (1868) ; " Hilt to ITilt," a romantic story of 18G4 (18G9) ; " Out of the Foam " (1869) ; " Ham- mer and Rapier," war sketches (1870) ; " The Heir of Gaymount" (1870); "Life of Gen. R. E. Lee" (1871) ; " Dr. Van Dyl^e," a story of Virginia in the last century (1872) ; " Her Majesty the Queen " (Philadelphia, 1873); "Pretty Mrs. Gaston, and other Stories " (New York, 1874) ; " Justin Harley " (Philadelphia, 1874) ; " Canolles," a story of Corn- wallis's Virginia campaign (Detroit, 1877) ; " Pro- fessor Pressensee," a story (New York, 1878) ; " Mr. Grantley's Idea," " Virginia Bohemians," and a History of the People" (Boston, 1883); "My Lady Pokahontas " (1884) ; and " The Maurice Mystery" (New York, 1885). Besides these, Mr. Cooke wrote several novels not issued in permanent form, and a mass of stories, sketches, and verses for periodicals. The last product of his pen was an article written for this work. — Philip St. George's son, John R., entered the array in 1855 as second lieutenant of the 8th infantry, became first lieu- tenant, 28 Jan., 1861, and, resigning on 30 May, entered the Confederate service, where he rose to the rank of brigadier-general. He died in 1891.
 * ' Stories of the Old Dominion " (1879) ; " Virginia ;

'''COOKE. Josiah Parsons''', chemist, b. in Boston, Mass., 12 Oct., 1827 ; d. in Newport, R. L, 3 Sept., 1894. He attended the Boston Latin school, and was graduated at Harvard in 1848. During the fol- lowing year he became tutor in mathematics, subse- quently instructor in chemistry, and in 1850 Erving professor of chemistry and mineralogy. Under his direction the course in chemistry had been devel- oped from a very small beginning until facilities are afforded for study and investigation not ex- celled elsewhere. Prof. Cooke was the first to intro- duce laboratory instruction into the undergraduate course of an American college ; and successfully la- bored to render the inductive methods of experi- mental science a legitimate means of liberal culture not only in the college but also in the preparatory school. Prof. Cooke's work was largely that of instructing, and, in addition to his duties at Har- vard, he gave courses of popular lectures in Balti- more, Brooklyn, Lowell, Washington, and Worces- ter, besides five courses at the Lowell institute in IBoston. As director of the chemical laboratory of Harvard college, he published numerous con- tributions to chemical science, most of which have been collected in a volume entitled " Chemical and Physical Researches" (1881), which includes much of his scientific work. The investigation on the atomic weight of antimony (1880) was one of the most brilliant and perfect pieces of chemical work ever executed in this country. It received the commendation of chemists both in the United States and Europe, and its results have been accepted. His numerous mineral analyses, with descriptions of new species, have appeared in the " American Journal of Sciences " and in the " Proceedings of the American Academy of Sciences and Arts," with both of which journals he had been editorially connected. His " New Chemistry " was the earliest exposition of a consistent system of chemistry based on the principles of molecular mechanics. Its philosophy has been widely ac- cepted both in England and in Germany, and the book has been translated into most of the lan- guages of Europe. Prof. Cooke was a member of many scientific societies. In 1872 he was elected to the National academy of sciences, and he was also an honorary fellow of the London chemical society, a distinction which, in this country, is shared with but one other. In 1882 he received the degree of LL. D. from the University of Cambridge, England. His published works are of two kinds. The scien- tific includes " Chemical Problems and Reactions " (Cambridge, 1857) ; " Elements of Chemical Phys- ics " (Boston, 1860) ; " First Principles of Chemical Philosophy " (1868 ; revised ed., 1882) ; and " The New Chemistry " (New York, 1872 ; I'evised ed., 1884) ; " Fundamental Principles of Chemistry " (Cambridge, 1886). The literary comprise "Re- ligion and Chemistry" (New York. 1864) and "Sci- entific Culture and other Essays " (New York, 1881 ; with additions, 1885).

COOKE, Josiah Platt, delegate to congress, b. in Danbury, Conn., in 1730; d. therein 1816. He was graduated at Yale in 1750, and was a delegate from his state to congress under the old confedera- tion from 1784 till 1788.

COOKE, Nicholas, governor of Rhode Island, b. in Providence, 3 Feb., 1717 ; d. 14 Sept., 1782. In December, 1774, he was one of the committee of inspection of the town of Providence, a body invested with the general powers of a committee of safety. He was deputy-governor from May till October, 1775, and chairman of public assemblies at Providence on numerous occasions during that exciting period of the revolution. He was gov- ernor from October, 1775, till May, 1778. The in- scription on his monument in Providence says he " merited and won the approbation of his fellow- citizens, and was honored with the friendship and confidence of Washington." — His grandson, Nicliolas Francis, physician, b. in Providence, R. I., 25 Aug., 1829 ; d. in Chicago, 111., 1 Feb., 1885, entered Brown university in 1846, but left before graduation, studied medicine in Providence, and in 1852 made a tour of the world. On his return he studied in the medical dejiartment of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and at Jefferson medical college, but soon afterward became a convert to homoeopathy. After entering into partnership with Dr. A. H. Okie, of Providence, the first homoeopathic graduate in the United States, Dr. Cooke removed to Chicago in 1855, and remained there till his death. He became professor of chem- istry in Hahnemann medical college, on its organi- zation in 1859, and was subsequently transferred to the chair of theory and practice. He resigned in 1870, and in 1872 filled for one session the chair of special pathology and diagnosis in Pulte medi- cal college, Cincinnati. He also declined profes- sorships in several other medical colleges. Dr. Cooke was a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal church till about 1875, when he became a Roman Catholic. He was particularly skilful in diagnosis. He published "Satan in Society" (New York, 1871) and "Antiseptic Medication" (Chicago. 1882), besides contributions to medical periodicals, including an able article on " Pancreas Disease " in the " Clinique " of 15 Nov., 1884.

COOKE, Parsons, clergyman, b. in Hadley, Mass., 18 Feb., 1800; d. in'^Lynn, Mass., 12 Feb., 1864. He was graduated at Williams in 1822, studied theology with Dr. Griffin, at that time president of Williams college, and on 26 June, 1826, was ordained pastor of a newly organized