COOKE, EDMUND VANCE

(1866). Received his education from Cleveland ublic schools. Platform lecturer with ecture entertainments. Author of: A Patch of Pansies, 1894; Rimes to Be Read, 1897-1905; Impertinent Poems, 1903-7; Chronicles of the Little Tot, 1905; Told to the Littie Tot, 1906; Morning’s Mail, 1907; Little Songs for Two, 1909; Basebology, 1911; The Story Club, 1912; The Uncommon Commoner, 1913; Just Then Something Happened, 1914, and the Cooke Book (for schools) in two volumes, 1922. Contributed poems, stories and occasional articles to leading magazines and weeklies. Staff Poet of the Newspaper Enterprise A ociation, contributing daily poems to _ several hundred newspapers, 1918-20.