reception in Paris, 68, 69;
wide extent of his reputation, 56-58, 77;
returns to America, 117;
refuses a public dinner, 128;
resides in New York city, 117;
buys his father's house in Cooperstown and makes it his permanent
home, 117;
has a controversy with citizens of Cooperstown, 142-148;
brings a number of newspaper libel suits, 180-197;
engages unsuccessfully in business operations, 261;
his farm, 263, 264;
becomes a communicant in the Episcopal Church, 266;
his death, 267;
funeral oration over, delivered by Bryant, 268;
happiness of his home life, 13, 14, 233, 234, 285;
wide circulation of his works, 37, 56, 76, 270;
pecuniary profits from their sale, 64-66, 261-263;
his success as a lawyer, 182, 189, 216-218, 220;
his sensitiveness to criticism, 41-44, 286;
defects of his literary art, 50, 51;
failure in characterization, 152, 155, 277, 278;
female characters, 26-28, 153, 154, 278-281;
success in characters from low life, 53-55, 72, 73, 152, 283;
fondness for commonplace, 84, 242, 276;
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;
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