XIV. FENIMORE COOPER IN THE VILLAGE 258 XV. MR. JUSTICE NELSON 299 XVI. CHRIST CHURCHYARD 326 XVII. FROM APPLE HILL TO FERNLEIGH 339 XVIII. THE LAKE OF ROMANCE AND FISHERMEN 364 XIX. TWENTIETH CENTURY BEGINNINGS 393 VILLAGE MAP AND GUIDE 432 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE COOPERSTOWN, from the northwest _Joseph B. Slote_ Frontispiece THE COOPER GROUNDS _Arthur J. Telfer_ 2 COUNCIL ROCK _Arthur J. Telfer_ 8 THE OTSEGO IROQUOIS PIPE 13 AT MILL ISLAND _Charles Frederick Zabriskie_ 21 JOSEPH BRANT, from the Romney portrait 52 SITE OF CLINTON'S DAM _A. J. Telfer_ 71 OTSEGO LAKE, from Cooperstown _A. J. Telfer_ 78 THE OLDEST HOUSE _Charles A. Schneider_ 86 WILLIAM COOPER, from the Stuart portrait 91 AVERELL COTTAGE _C. A. Schneider_ 104 THE WORTHINGTON HOMESTEAD _Forrest D. Coleman_ 110 CHRIST CHURCH _A. J. Telfer_ 127 THE HOUSE AT LAKELANDS, as originally built 131 MRS. WILSON 133 LAKELANDS _C. A. Schneider_ 137 POMEROY PLACE _J. Patzig_ 141 AMBROSE L. JORDAN 151 JORDAN'S HOME, AND HIS LAW OFFICE _C. A. Schneider_ 156 THE HOME OF ROBERT CAMPBELL _J. B. Slote_ 158 FATHER NASH 171 LEATHERSTOCKING MONUMENT _A. J. Telfer_ 185 NATTY BUMPPO'S CAVE _C. A. Schneider_ 188 RIVERBRINK _C. A. Schneider_ 193 EDGEWATER _A. J. Telfer_ 212 RESIDENCE OF W. H. AVERELL AND JUDGE PRENTISS _C. A. Schneider_ 221 WOODSIDE HALL _Forrest D. Coleman_ 226 THE GATE-TOWER AT WOODSIDE _Walter C. Stokes_ 228 SWANSWICK _A. J. Telfer_ 230 SHADOW BROOK _James W. Tucker_ 233 HYDE HALL _A. J. Telfer_ 238 HYDE CLARKE, from the Emmet portrait 243 A WEDDING DAY AT HYDE _A. J. Telfer_ 246 BASE BALL ON NATIVE SOIL _A. J. Telfer_ 249