prolixity of his introductions, 75, 134, 242, 276; improbability and carelessness in the details of his stories, 51, 53, 276, 277; carelessness in the development of the plot, 28, 271, 272, 275, 276; criticism on language and carelessness in use of it, 130, 272-275; his humor, 119, 239, 240; his fondness for natural scenery, and success in description, 8, 69, 134, 168, 169, 240, 241, 264, 282-284; his political opinions, 82-84, 108, 109; his imperiousness of manner, 79, 80, 286; his pugnacity, 24, 75, 80, 81, 146, 147, 285; his generosity, 81, 82; his patriotism, 49, 85, 86, 94, 110, 115, 128, 231, 237, 238, 243; depth and narrowness of religious feeling, 22-26, 75, 243, 256, 258-261, 266; high sense of honor, 82, 286; love of truth, 202, 203, 222, 232, 287, 288. Cooper, Paul, 15, 63. Cooper, Richard, 182, 185, 220. Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 15. Cooper, William, Cooper's father, 2, 3, 9, 142-145, 188, 192. Cooperstown, situation of, 1, 3, 4; when founded, 2; original population of, 5; Cooper's residences in, 2, 3, 14, 117; his controversy with citizens of, 142-148; farm near, 263, 264; his death at, 266, 267; the Chronicles of, 293. "Cooperstown Freeman's Journal," democratic newspaper, 143, 144; Cooper's letters to, 147, 148, 294. Copyright, international, Cooper's feelings in regard to, 166; pecuniary loss sustained by the lack of one, 261. Copyright law, English, of, 1838, 66, 261. Courier, Paul, liberal sentiments about America, 87. Court of Errors, The, of New York, 228, 229. "Crater, The," 255-258, 274, 297. Cushing, Caleb, replies to Cooper, 132. Dale, Richard, 295, 297. Davis, Admiral Charles H., 213. "Deerslayer, The," 239-242, 272, 294. DeKay, James E., 63. DeLancey family, 12, 13. DeLancey, Susan Augusta, 12-14, 16, 70, 233, 234; married to Cooper, 12; her death, 267. DeLancey, William H., bishop of Western New York, 266. Democratic party, Cooper nominally belonging to, 133, 171. "Democratic Review," 207, 208, 295. Derby, Lord, 52. "Diary of James Fenimore Cooper, Fragments from," 298. Dresden, Saxony, Cooper's residence at, 68, 107, 123. Duer, William Alexander, Cooper's controversy with, 212, 221-223, 233, 295. Durand, Asher B., the engraver, 63. "Eclipse, The," 298. Edgeworth, Maria, 57. "Edinburgh Review, The," 205-208, 295. Elliott, Commodore Jesse, 208-213, 222; has a medal struck in honor of Cooper, 224-226. "Encyclopedia Britannica," notice of Cooper's life in, 175. England, Cooper's residence in, 68, 96; feeling of, towards America, 87-98; criticism of, by Cooper, 105, 130, 137; his work on, 135, 293; hostility expressed for Cooper in, 92, 106, 138, 173-176. Effingham, name applied to Cooper, 156, 158, 183, 191, 294. Episcopal Church, Cooper's attachment to, 23, 245, 249, 254, 257, 259, 260, 266. Erie Lake, Battle of, controversy in regard to, 208-227, 294. European ignorance of America, 86-88, 100, 101.