New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-26

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HIN IN the Pakfndr and the Dssysiaysr will readily
sopcluce that ne vas bot nisiskss.
The sisesfe, hosever, ov which ne was removed,
vss even then imps nding over him, and not long af.
.erward his freDts here we've grieyed TO learn that
his heslt was declining. He came 10 Nes.Yofk 30
changed that they looked at BIN Win ssrro y, and
after STAY Of some weeks, partly for the oenedt OF
medical ADVICE returned 10 Cooperstow an 10 leave II
no more His complaint gradually gained Strength,
,uhdued constitution ensis ally robust, and fpaly
uassed into q confirmed dropty. In August, 1901, ne
VISITED by bis excellent and learned trend, Or.
Francis q me mber OF the weekly CLUB which no had
foureed in the early part o. his literary career ne
found him bearing Tie soferirs' o. n.s ase@ n S'.a
the mslacy appeared 20 require, prepared him DEL
icately for its fatal termination, and returned 10
Ntw-York with the most melancholy aniicip ations.
In few GAYS afterward Cooper expired, amid the
deem affection Of ms family, on the lith OF sep.em-
bsr the day before TIA, on which he should have
completed his sixty second year. lie died, appa'
Ien,ly without pain, In peace and IeisIons nope.
The relations OF man TO his Maker anu 10 Ipat STATE
OF heiIe for hich the present Is but preparation,
had occupied much Of his thoughts during ms snoie
life time, and he crossed, with serene coanSosuIe,
the mysterious boundary which u"lses 'li' n'e ho"
tbeIexr.
Ire departure OF such man, in the full strength
Of his fsculties-on whom the county had TOT thirty
years looked as enc Of the permanent ornaments OF
he literature and whose name had been so often
socattd with praise, with with controversy
with blame. bat Iever with deash-oiftused univer-
sal ave. twas as II an earthquake mad shaken tne
ground on which We stood, and sho we'd the grave
operips by cur path. In the general grief for his
loss his virtues only were remembered, ana MS isi
inRs forgotten
were obvious to all the world they lay on the sur
face of bis character those who knew him least.
made the most account OF them. With character
so made up OF positive quaties-a character so IN
mi
tiyeness far more acute than he was willing TO &C.
knowledge, IL not surprising that occasions re
ntly arose to bring HIM, sometimes INTO frenzy
COLLISION and sometimes into Rraver olsagreemens
ard nisunderstanelpRs with his fellow men. Fos
his infImiiies, his friends found an ample counter
poise in the generous sincerity OF ms nature, re
hoYYed all disguise in hers he did not even delen
to ufe that show Of regard toward those OF whom no
did not think we'll, which the world tolsrates and
almost demands. A manly expression OF opinion,
however different from his own, commanded his re-
spect OF his own works, he spoke with the same
freedom as of the works OF others and never hest.
tatsd to express his Judgment OF book of me rea.
son that it was written BY himself yet no could
bear with senleness any dissent from the estimate
he placed on his own writings. His character was
like the bark Of the cinnamon, rough ana astnng'
ept Find without and an intense sweetness Wlthrn.
Those who penetrated below the surface found a
genial temper, warm affections, and heart win
ample place for his friends their pursuits their good
name, their welfare. They found him phllan.hro-
~,
day a religious man, most devout where devotion
IL most apt to be feeling rather than custom, In
the household circle hosptable, and to the extent
of his means liberal hand cd In acts OF charity, They
found also that though in general he would a. soon
have thought of giving up an old friend as OF giving
up IN opinion, he WAS not proof against testimony,
al could part with mistaken opinion as one parts
with an old friend who. has been proved faitnless
ard unworthy In shoit, Cooper was one of those
who TO be loved, must be intimately known.
OF bis literary character have spoken largely in
tie narrative OF his e but there are yet one or tso
remarks v hich must re made TO 90 1t justice. In
that wsy of writing in which he excelled, 1t seems
10 NE that he united IN preeminent degree, those
Qualit es which enabled him to interest the largest
Lumber OF re aders He wrote not for the astidous,
the the morbidly delicate for these find
in his genius something too robust for their liklng-
.omtthiT with which their sensioilities are too
rucely shaken bu, he wrote for mankind q large
ioy men and v omen in the ordinary heallhul state
OF fetliDg-aId in their admiration he found his re-
wsrd. IT is for this class that public Libraries are
obliged to provide themselves with extraordinary
number Of CO pies of his works the number in the
Mercantile Library in this City, am told. 10 forty.
Hence it is that he has earned fame, wider, think,
than any author Of modern times-wider, certainly,
hen any author OF any age, ever enjoyed in his life
time. All his excelencies are nanslatable-they
pafs ably into languages the least allied In their
IeDlus to that in which he wrote, and In them be
touches the be art and findes the imagination with
Ire sane power as IN the original English;
Cooper wssnot wholly without hum0r it IL soms-
times found lurking in the dialogue OF Harvey Birch,
al Of LeatherstockiDg but it forms no considsrs.
bic element in his works and If /! did, Il would
have stood IN the way of his universal popularity,
since OF all qualities, it is the most difficult 70 trans.
fuse into foreign language. Nor did the effect he
produced upon the reader depend on any grace Of
STYLE which would escape translator of ordinary
,ki With his Style 1t IS true. he took great pains,
and in his earlier works, am told sometimes altered
the proof sent from the printer so largely, that they
might be said to be written over Yet he attained
special felicity, variety, or compass of expression
His style, however answered his purpose Il has de-
fects but 1t is manly and clear and stamps ON the
mind OF the reader the mpre ssion he desired to coz
yty am not sure that some Of the very defects OF
Coopers novels do not add by certain force OF con.
trast their poweY the mind He is long get
ting at the interest Of his narrative The progress
of the plot frst 10 like that of one OF his own yes
sells OF war, slowly, heavily, and even awkwardly
working cut OF a harbOr. We are impatient and wea-
ry but when the vessel is cree in the open sea, and
feels the free breath OF heaven in her full Sheets
delight and admiration Is all the greater at the grace
the majesty and power with which she divides and
bears down the waves and pursues her course, at
will, over the great waste OF waters
Such are the works so widely read and so univsr.
sally admired in all the zones of the globe and by
men Of every kindred and every tongue works
which have made Of those who dwell In remote
lattudes wanderers in our forests and observers OF
our manners, and have inspired them with an inte-
Iest in our history. gentleman who had returned
from Europe just before the death OF Cooper was
asked what he found the people Of the Continent
dong They are all reading Cooper" he an
s"eieu' IN 'ho hItc kDgcom OF HONand, Win
lis three millions Of inhabitants, looked into four
different translaliops Of Cooper in the language of
the county, A traveller, who has seen much of
tie micole classes OF Italy, lately said to me,
found that all they knew Of America, and that was
not little, they had learned from CoopeY's novels
fIom him they had learned the story Of American
liberty. sno through him they had been introduced
to our Washington they had read his works till the
shores OF the Hudson and the valleys of Westchester
az the banks Of the Otsego lake. had become to
them familiar ground"
Over all the countries into whose speech this grea.
mems worls have been rendered by the labors of
their fchClars the OF that less which we do
pore is diffutirg itself Here we lament the orna.
mtLt OF our country, there they mourn the death Of
HIM who delighted the human race. Even now,
while tptak, the pulse OF grief which is passing
through the nations has haply just reached some re-
mote neishtoIhood the news Of his death has been
brought to some dwelling on the slopes OF the Andes,