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‘geniality and wit, as well as his special liking for edible oe 
ade him one of the leading members. He srs 
ead a paper at the meeting; often this was a see us 
contribution, and sometimes he indulged in his old habit eK verse- 
ing. 
In the later years of his life Cooke had serious trouble with 
his eyes. He had suffered more or less from A ia ts all his 
life, and his fondness for _— medicines probably made matters 
worse. Strange as it may seem, he was not fond of the open air, 
to which he much preferred a ee and a book, or a theatre. In 
pik ba he was rather slender, with a keen, alert look, red hair 
beard, and not over careful of his personal = 
Probably “sce forgotten his “ Struggle for Freedom” he as 
conservative in politics as he was in science: in t ie one a was a 
prominent member of the Primrose League, and in the other he 
en written ot authoritative pens. He was heatpariane 
‘tena hat in those of Sir Ray Lankester, whom he remembered as 
a boy in a short Eton jacket, frequenting Hardwicke’s shop in 
company with his father 
year or two batons his death Cooke underwent an experience 
in which he es Ae anticipated by Charles Darwin and ‘“‘ Mark 
Twain.” An interview which he gave the Morning Post on his 
eighty- ae “brtbday led to the report of his death, which 
received currency ina note in this Journal. This was followed o 
Meir given him, and added a touch of vraisemblance to the 
Statement by saying that cha oa cefully passed awa 
residence.” Echoing “ Mark Twain, : Seok said that the report 
Ww ra ae 
In all, Cooke wrote Een three hundred and fifty 8 and 
books in connection with mycology. His herbarium of 46,000 
Specimens was purchased by ei where is also his ulaatien of 
wings, many unpublis 
ed many a Having done much for 
American mycology, he received the honorary degrees of M.A. 
