The North American Review, Vol. 46 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The North American Review, Vol. 46

It would be unjust to ascribe much of Mr. Cooper's suc cess to the fact that he entered an untrodden field, and was the first to employ the copious materials for fiction afforded by the history of this country, and the character of its early inhabitants. Endowed with considerable power of Observa tion, a talent for lively description, and great facility in imagin ing incidents and weaving them together in clear and spirited narrative, he was su...