New-York tribune., 1897-08-04
WHERE COMPENSATORY IS.
IT'S MANY "REMINISCENCES OF THE GREAT STORY
TELLER AND OF HIS CHARACTERS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: A minister friend Of mine writes In a rather
ouerulous tone, well, where Is Coopersto"h any!
way?" Thinking my reply may be OF interest W
others besides my correspondent. take 'he ioei'!
~ sending it to you for publication: About ~ pays
vour way over the three different lines OF rah"a!
rh,cb In q DAVIS tourney brings you to this quiet
old town by the shores Of a lake not only peautiiui
hut famous as the scene Of two OF Kenmore coup
er's most widely read works
Otsego Lake has, for its size, no superior III INC
elements OF purely natural picturesque beauty, IL
voc namAd "Glimmer Glass by Deerslayer' tha'
,,ost original of all Cooper's characters, and ever
since the world first read the story this sniiiis,
shining wonderful sheet OF water mas "iiiioi .u
into millions Of hearts series or pictures "ho"'
for scenic and dramatic beauty. stano almost uii'
surpassed in English literature
There are in America numberless villages as
pretty as this and hills fully as fair as mount
Vision, and the Sleeping Lion" There are iakes'
too almost as lovely Otseso, but there Is ohiy
one Fenimore Cooper, and this one village was me
home these. green hills the scene OF MS sie"'
story and the magic of his genius fingers ihe d
sweet spirit around this lake he so Lovingly ue-
scrhed A master mind has hallowed the scene
and the Air as it moves over these crystal "a'eis
seems filed with unseen presence.
The wonderful Mark Twain. In How 10 len u
Story" declares "Cooper's Deerslayer 10 po /"
literary delirium tremens," and its EngIlsh II
h.d HE faults OF composition and style put @ tne
nicfures nc painted had colorlns ahu nis Iii
ters a power influence the neare wnc't nmr Great
live long after this severe olattlpe VI o SIGHT
American Uumorist will have been iost u a'e"
The lake is but nine miles long but an me way
from Council Rock. at the foot; where tme oIsad
hanna abs4s nss Its oae aEes u The
Springs there Is many 1orest h,o ,nndants a have
side home TO which these romantc I5u, tbere Is
given peculiar charm ana 1tracfivs Than scenic
ho1v nieasant sail or woodland drive, ana IL S ID
the refinement and Christian cuNauo un,tuI Old town
Characterize the society OF itorv tn;s marked per-
sonai,,y attached to each Of it's many pshasana a
homes Overlooking the source OF inc ous Cornina
Is the handsome residence oi rnaness Of wealth
IS only eouaed by her kindness OF heart ca he TOWN.
other gifts she has lately presence nome of Feni-
the original site Of Otsego a Spns t carefully laid
Out under her own direction as puDci par re.des
Az Riverside cottage. close 70 TITLE, rovejist
the only surviving daughter OF iteei5ect and great
lady Of marked orlsn-hese "A
sweetness OF character. ,,s~r.,ar owned by G.
The fne old mansion. Edgewater, ~ novelist
Pomeroy Reese. grandnePnnsesw lake I In front il
comma SC%mmahqs p raroous in ''The Deersiayer story
on on the eastern hillside Just psyOn died
stocking Cave where the brave I'M Cut.Id poae Point
wbera W Wabea hi wan the Indian maiden was as i ths
cued and Hawkeye was taken ~ Cove located
Hurons whose camp was at Isats C,imnoerglen
Just between FeniwSse nj nor lakeside homes space
viii not admit Of my telling half wou,o aoud a.,
the attractions OF this remarkable Se,tsr that
envrons. suicient be It 70 n,nS snS and body as wei
as peasant companionship among G%Sasr.,.YorS
people he should buy tlcke, AT eiio '
Central ofice and come straish' q tPUMPELLY.
coon.rx,own n y. July 81. 1881