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unsurpassed for originality and interest by any in

unsurpassed Tor originality ana interest oy any IN our
language.
But shortly after the success OF the Pioneers had made
Mr. Cooper our first novelist he achieved aiumph on the
signal that he had first won IN Inc forests Ills
romance OF The Pilot followed II has since been al IN.
ervals by the Red Rover the Wafer, wien, ihe wG
AdmiTas, Wing and Wing Sc, placed him at me head
OF nautical noyes,s, where he still stands Without
peer, and almost without rival The Long ION conn
OF the Pilot popular the Scout and, as piece OF
sailor Characterization, will maintain It's rank by me side
OF the well known Trunnions and Pipes OF lhe bFhsh
humorlss.
In the year 1926 Mr. Cooper went TO Europe, where
bis fame had preceded him, and where while advancing
his own reputation by new hcons be defended thal OF
his country by his patriotic pamphlets and letters The
intellectual fruits OF his European experience were the
Bravo, the Hedenmaur, the Headsman, &c-tales ex
hiblng the same robust powers OF description wnlch
marked his earlier works but whose want OF national
costume prevented them from reaching the same high
degree of success. On his return TO the United States he
wrote, the Letter TO his Gountrymen, the homeward
gence OF certain constitutional rritabllty, and dspo
on TO find fault great offence to his critics. and
quite deprived him of his former extensive popularity
The public does not to be utored by its tayortes,
and resents their sincerest criticism as mpertnence
and an outrage But this revulsion of the popular taste
rebuked with still severer structures the part OF
the author, who in the end. came TO an open rupture
with his old admirers and when he could no longer cor
rect them with the PEN he tried to justify himself by an
appea to the law The memory of those feuds however,
we believe has happily passed away and Cooper will be
cherished in the minds of his fellow citizens, eager to
forget his iobles and his mistakes, as one OF their most
munlhcent DenelaCtOrS.
Besides the novels, which everybody has read, Mr..
Cooper the author of admirable History OF the
United States Navy, of six volumes OF "Geanings IN
Europe" OF Sketches of Switzerland and OF several
smaller works, which have run through many editions
His mind always fertile and active, and his mode OF
treating his subjects full of animation and freshness
This is tie place the time TO undertake an estl-
mate OF the genius of Cooper or to assign him his true
place among the writers of romantic hchon. we STAND
too near the to Judge rightly of the author The
charm of his great creations is too closely upon US to
enable q
those frank and decided characters who make strong
mics and friends-who repel by the positiveness
of their convictions while they attract by the richness
of their culture and the amiability of their lives No
one we believe ever questioned his integrity and Ger
tanly no one who has conversed with him for day
could have disputed his word He nicely exact IN
all his business relations but and noble IN the
management of his His beauti residence, on
the borders of the Oego ever the home OF large
and liberal hospitality and those who knew him best,
who were nearest the daily exercise of his kindly SYM
pathies were those who loved him most, and who now,
amid the regrets OF worlds will depore his loss with
the keenest feelings