LIEUT. ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE. From Duyckwick's "Cyclopedia of American Literature" HELL GATE. From "Pages and Pictures," by Susan Augusta Cooper NIAGARA FALLS. By W.H. Bartlett JUDGE BAZIL HARRISON OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. From _Hearth and Home_, 1870 HON. GERRIT SMITH. From an old print WILLIAM BRANDFORD SHUBRICK. From Lossing's "Field-Book of the War of 1812" CHARLES MATHEWS. From "Memorials of Charles Mathew" by Mrs. Mathews JAMES H. HACKETT. From "Modern Standard Drama" STEWART'S MARBLE PALACE. From an old print MISS SUSAN AUGUSTA COOPER, ABOUT 1850. From a daguerreotype. By permission of the owner, James Fenimore Cooper, Esq. OTSEGO LAKE PARTY IN 1840. By J.L. Pease JOE TOM. From a photograph by the courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese NATTY'S CAVE. From an old print OTSEGO HALL--BACK VIEW. From "Pages and Pictures," by Susan Augusta Cooper JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. From a daguerrotype by Brady. By permission of the owner, [unreadable] Cooper, Esq., Albany, N.Y. THE SWEDISH NIGHTINGALE (JENNY LIND). Portrait by J.W. Orr From Soule photograph JENNY LIND AT CASTLE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, 1850. From an old print DR. JOHN WAKEFIELD FRANCIS. From portrait by J. Goldbruam DR. FRANCIS' HOME IN NEW YORK CITY. By Richardson CHRIST'S CHURCH, COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer FENIMORE COOPER'S SCREEN GIFT. From a print by courtesy of Miss Alice Bailey Keese BISHOP WILLIAM HEATHCOTE DE LANCEY. From Scharf's "History of Westchester County, NY" DE LANCEY COAT OF ARMS. From "A God-Child of Washington," by Katherine Schuyler Baxter THE NEW HOME AND THE OLD HOME. INDIAN HUNTER. By J.Q.A. Ward COOPER GROUNDS. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer THE CHILDREN'S TRIBUTE. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer LAKE OTSEGO. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer LEATHERSTOCKING FIGURE OF COOPER MEMORIAL. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer LEATHERSTOCKING MONUMENT. By R.E. Launitz, N.A. From a photograph by A.J. Telfer GEORGE POMEROY KEESE. From a photograph by permission of Mrs. George Pomeroy Keese BERRY POMEROY CASTLE. By courtesy of Mr. George Pomeroy Keese Acknowledgment is due The F.A. Ringler Company of New York City and Messrs. John Andrew and Son of Boston, Mass., for the care and interest they have shown in making the cuts used in this volume. [Illustration: THE ENGLISH FYNAMORE COUNTRY AND FAMILY ARMS.] JAMES FENIMORE COOPER [Illustration: COOPER'S BIRTHPLACE, Burlington, N.J.]