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N PEOPLE.
On the first of December will be commenced
NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION OF
THE ENTIRE WORKS OF
]. FENIMoRE COOPER,
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Goethe AMI Scott whose displays of genius i'll literature
entte them to universal aud immortal popularity.
Mr. Cooper the originator of three distinct classes OF
1oYes those which illustrate modern nautical experience
hose which deal with our own revolutionary history and
hose of Indian and pioneer life in this country. In these
hres classes he has had troops of miaOrs but equal
md is confessed that he is in mona OF them approach
Ible. |
Says the Edinburgh Review "The empire of the sea has
conceded to him by reclamation; and in the lonely
desert untrodden prairie among the savage Indians
scarcely less savage settlers all equally acknowledge his
dominion. Within this circle dares walk but he"
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mazng power spendor beauty and attractveness of his
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