JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. From a photograph of the bust by David d'Angers, Paris, 1828. By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq. MRS. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. From a photograph of a drawing made at Paris, 1890. By permission of James Fenimore Cooper, Esq. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. From a photograph of a drawing made at Paris, 1827. By permission of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese PROF. GEORGE WASHINGTON GREEN. By special permission of Mr. William Dean Howells and Harper & Brothers P.T. DE BÉRANGER. From a rare old print TALLEYRAND. From an old engraving DUCHESSE DE BERRI. From Soule photograph CHARLES X of FRANCE. From Soule photograph COOPER'S SUMMER HOME, ST. OUEN, 1827. Found, verified and photographed by the kindness of Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, Paris, France COOPER'S ST. OUEN TERRACE STUDY. Found, verified and photographed by the kindness of Mrs. T. Henry Dewey, Paris, France OLD MILL AT NEWPORT. From an old print THE STRUGGLE. By F.O.C. Darley THE NEWPORT BOX. By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq. JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART. By Pickersgill NATTY'S LAST CALL. From an old print THE PRINCESS BARBARA VASSILIEWNA GALITZIN From print of portrait by Hein Friedr. Füger LA GRANGE, COUNTRY HOME OF LAFAYETTE. From an old print LA GRANGE ARCHWAY ENTRANCE. From "Complete History of Lafayette" HÔTEL DESSEIN, CALAIS, FRANCE. From a rare old print CLIFFS OF DOVER. By C. Stanfield CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL CHOIR. From Soule photograph GREEN GATE, CANTERBURY. From _Port Folio_, 1814 ST. JAMES PLACE, LONDON. From Thornbury's "Old and New London" SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY. From _European Magazine_, 1822 SAMUEL ROGERS. Portrait by Thomas Lawrence ROGERS' LONDON HOME. From "Bohn's Handbook of London" ROGERS' BREAKFAST-ROOM. From _Illustrated London News_, 1857 CHARLES ROBERT LESLIE. From an old print SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. Portrait by Thomas Lawrence HOLLAND HOUSE. By Stockdale LIBRARY OF HOLLAND HOUSE. By Charles R. Leslie. Used by permission of the British Museum. From left to right, portrait of Addison, Lord Holland, Lady Holland, Dr. John Allen, Librarian Doggett GILT CHAMBER OF HOLLAND HOUSE. From lithograph by Richardson ROGERS' SEAT. From Leichenstein's "Holland House" LORD GREY. From a portrait by Thomas Lawrence MRS. JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART. From a portrait by W. Nicholson JOANNA BAILLIE. From "Life and Works of J. Baillie" SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE. From the Academy sketch, 1829 HOUSE OF THE GILLMAN'S, HIGHGATE, LONDON. From Hall's "Book of Memories" BOOM KEY AT ROTTERDAM. From an old etching MT. BLANC. By J.M.W. Turner LA LORRAINE VIEW OF BERNESE ALPS. From Swiss print NAHL'S MEMORIAL TO MADAME LANGHAN. From _European Magazine_, 1786 NARRA-MATTAH. By F.O.C. Darley CONNECTICUT EMIGRANTS. From an old print FALL OF THE STAUBBACH. From an old water color THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE. By W.H. Bartlett, 1836 FERNEY, VOLTAIRE'S LAKE LEMAN HOME. From _European Magazine_, 1786 THE SIMPLON PASS. By Lory