. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. in America. His prejudices wereseverely criticised by the American pressand a series of libel suits followed. Thebitterness against Mr. Coope
. Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. in America. His prejudices wereseverely criticised by the American pressand a series of libel suits followed. Thebitterness against Mr. Cooper was increasedby the publication of two more novelsentitled Homeward-Bound, and *Homeas Found, in 1838. Other works suc-ceeded these, as follows: Sketches ofSwitzerland, Gleanings in Europe,France, Italy, Naval History ofthe United States, The Pathfinder.•? Mercedes of Castile, The Deerslayer,The Two Admirals, ** Wiug-aud-Wing,Wyandotte, Autobiography of aPocket - handkerchief, Ned Myers, Afioat and Ashore, Miles Walling-ford, Satanstoe, The Chaiubcarer, ? The Redskins, * Lives of DistinguishedAmerican Naval Officers. The Crater(a supernatural romance), Oak Open-ings, Jack Tier, The Sea-Lions,and *The Ways of the Hour. Mr. Cooper died at Cooperstown,N. Y., in 1851. His books have passed through numerous editions,and although not read as much as formerly, about the middle of thecentury were among the most popular of the novels of that JAMES F. COOPER, Political writer, though widely known as a Novelist.
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