ELIZA COOK
\ɪlˈa͡ɪzə kˈʊk], \ɪlˈaɪzə kˈʊk], \ɪ_l_ˈaɪ_z_ə k_ˈʊ_k]\
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An English poet; born in London, 1818; died at Wimbledon, Sept. 23, 1889. "Melaia and Other Poems" made her name known. She also published Eliza Cook's Journal. Her most familiar poem is "The Old Arm-Chair". She wrote also "The Old Farm Gate"; "The Home in the Heart"; and "I Miss Thee, My Mother". "New Echoes and Other Poems" is one of her volumes.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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