London, Cooper's residence in, 68, 96-98.
"London Times," its attack on Cooper, 175.
Lord, Daniel, Jr., 215-221.
Lowell, James Russell, 156.
"Lucy Harding" (English title), 249, 296, 251.
Lyons, Cooper consul at, 67.
Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 212, 213, 216, 221, 222, 233, 295.
Mackintosh, Sir James, 97.
Mamaroneck, N. Y., 12, 13, 14.
Man, Isle of, Cooper reported birthplace in, 3.
"Mark's Reef" (English title), 297.
McHarg, Rev. C. W., 229.
"Mercedes of Castile," 232, 242, 272, 278.
Mickiewicz, Adam, 107.
Miller, London publisher, 35.
"Miles Wallingford," 93, 249, 285, 296.
Mitford, Mary Russell, 57.
"Monikins, The," 133-135.
Montagu, Mrs. Basil, 91.
More, Hannah, 21.
Morris, George P., 132.
Murray, John, London publisher, 35.
Naples, Cooper's residence at, 68.
Naples, bay of, compared with that of New York, 164, 249, 254.
"Naval History of the United States," 200-230, 232, 233, 294.
"Naval Officers, Lives of," 228, 229, 297.
Neal, John, 30.
Ned Myers, 247, 248, 263, 296.
New England, Cooper's dislike of, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 253, 257, 259; Cooper's unpopularity in, 50, 247.
New Haven, 8.
"New Monthly Magazine, Colburn's," sketch of Cooper in, 94.
Newport, 74; stone tower at, 226.
"New World, The," newspaper, 262.
New York (city), Cooper's residences in, 15, 47, 63, 67, 117; Cooper's criticism of society in, 150, 151, 158, 249; social life in, 121; Cooper's prophecy about, 102.
"New York American," 127, 128.
"New York Commercial Advertiser," 129; Cooper's libel suits with, 187, 212, 214-221, 223, 224.
"New York Courier and Enquirer," 129, 130; Cooper's libel suits with, 187-190.
"New York Evening Post," 182.
"New York Evening Signal," Cooper's libel suit with, 187.
New York Historical Society, 298.
"New York Home Journal," 13.
"New York Mirror," 132.
"New York Patriot," 287.
"New York Tribune," Cooper's libel suits with, 187, 192, 197.
Newspapers, Cooper's attacks on, 43, 176-180; libel suits with, 180-199.
"North American Review, The," 60, 61, 212, 213.
"Norwich Telegraph," Cooper's libel suit with, 184, 185.
"Notions of the Americans," 101-106, 291.
Nugent, Lord, 96.
"Oak Openings, The," 255, 258, 263, 275, 297.
"Odofried the Outcast," 60.
Old Ironsides, 298.
"Oneida Whig, The," Cooper's libel suit with, 187.
Otsego Hall, Cooper's residence, 2, 117, 267.
Otsego Lake, 1, 4, 117, 142, 240.
"Otsego Republican," Cooper's libel suit with, 185, 186.
Paris, Cooper's residence at, 67-69, 107.
Parsons, Usher, 227.
"Pathfinder, The," 11, 239-242, 283, 294.
Paulding, James Kirke, 30.
Paulding, Hiram, 216.
Peale, Rembrandt, 115.
Percival, James G., 60-62.
Perry, Captain Matthew, 210, 212.
Perry, Commodore Oliver H., 208-229, 295, 297.
"Philadelphia National Gazette," 114, 292.
"Pilot, The," 44-48, 57, 74, 95, 283-288, 291.
"Pioneers, The," 39-44, 61, 65, 72, 117, 156, 239, 287, 291.
Plattsburgh Bay, Battle of, 298.
Poe, Elgar A., 245, 246, note.
Poland, revolt of, 107; Cooper's efforts to aid, 108.
"Prairie, The," 61, 71, 73, 76, 95, 239, 283, 291.
Price of Cooper's later novels, 262, 263.
Princeton College, 246.
Procter, Bryan Waller, 58, 161.
Provincialism of America, 138, 150, 164, 165, 168.
"Putnam's Magazine," 298.
"Quarterly Review, The," 35, 277, 287; its attacks on America, 89; its attack on Cooper, 205.
"Ravensnest" (English title), 297.
"Recollections of Europe" (English title), 293.
"Redskins, The," 253, 254, 263, 297.
"Red Rover, The," 65, 73, 99, 226, 227, 255, 291.
Reporters of newspapers, Cooper's attack on, 176.
"Residence in France" (English title), 292.
Revolution of 1830, French, 106, 107.
"Revue Britannique," 111-113.
Rhode Island Historical Society, 213; refuses to accept the Cooper medal, 224-227.
Rives, William C., 114.
Rome, Cooper's residence at, 68, 75.
Russia, early cordial relations of, with the United States, 93.
Sand, George, 284.
"Satanstoe," 252, 253, 254, 263, 296.
Scott, Sir Walter, 31, 33, 41, 44, 56-59, 91, 110, 124, 277, 278, 283, 287; his mention of Cooper, 69, 160; Lockhart's life of, 159-161.
Scott, General Winfield, 127.
"Sea Lions, The," 255, 258-260, 263, 298.
Sea novel, Cooper's creation of, 44-47, 57, 74.
Shannon, English ship-of-war, 12, 202.
Shanty, Cooper's derivation of, 275.
Shubrick, John Templer, 296, 297.
Silliman, Professor Benjamin, 8.
"Sketches of Switzerland," 135-140, 292.
Slavery, Cooper's feelings toward, 85, 104.
Smith, Sydney, 96.
Somers, American man-of-war, 228.
Sorrento, Cooper's residence at, 68, 71, 75.
Southey, Robert, 91.
Spencer, John C., 228.
Spencer, Joshua A., 186.
"Spy, The," 13, 30-38, 43, 49, 57, 65, 66, 280, 283, 290.
Squier, E. G., 37.
Steevens, Samuel, 215-221.
Sterling, merchant ship, 9, 10, 247, 248.
Stone, William Leet, Cooper's libel suits against, 187, 214-221, 223, 224.
Talleyrand visits Cooper's father, 5.
Three Mile Point Controversy, The, 142-148, 156.
Ticknor, George, 91.
Tories of American Revolution, Cooper's treatment of, 13.
"Towns of Manhattan, The," 266, 299.
Tuckerman, Henry T., his account of a trial scene, 217, 218.
"Two Admirals, The," 242, 243, 276, 295.
Tyler, John, President, 228.
"United Service Journal," its criticism of Cooper's Naval History, 204, 205.
"Upside Down," Cooper's comedy, 263.
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, the patroon, 251.
Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin, 63.
Vesuvius, American man-of-war, 11.
"Water Witch, The," 75, 76, 78, 106, 291; refused publication in Rome, 123.
"Ways of the Hour, The," 255, 260, 263, 272, 274, 277, 298.
Webster, Daniel, 268.
Weed, Thurlow, 122, 190; Cooper's libel suits against, 187, 190-196; admiration for Cooper's novels, 196.
"Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, The," 74, 99, 272, 291.
Westchester County, New York, 12, 14, 29.
Whig party, its hostility to Cooper 131.
Whig press, attacks on Cooper, 147, 148, 158, 159, 173, 177, 180, 184, 185, 199, 211, 235, 241.
Wiley, John, publisher, 63, 66.
Willis, N. P., 132.
Wilson, John, 58.
"Wing-and-Wing," 93, 243, 244, 247, 262, 295.
Woolsey, Melancthon Taylor, 11, 296, 297.
Wright, Fanny, 36.
"Wyandotte," 13, 244, 245, 263, 295.
Yale College, 246; Cooper's connection with, 7-9.
Footnote 1: I express no opinion on the merits of this controversy, for I have seen very slight summaries only of the articles that appeared in the Revue Britannique. But it is proper to say that it was the opinion of the French liberals, that Cooper utterly demolished his antagonists in the controversy.](back)
Footnote 2: Poe wrote a review of Wyandotte which appeared in Graham's Magazine for November, 1843. As notices of Cooper's novels then went, this may be regarded as a favorable one, though in it the critic took occasion to divide works of fiction into two classes: one of a popular sort which anybody could write, and the other of a kind intrinsically more worthy and artistic, and capable of being produced only by the few. At the head of the former class he placed Cooper, but had the grace not to include his own name in the latter class which he had created for himself. The reader will be edified to learn from a life of Poe, written by John H. Ingram (2 vols., London, 1880), that the writing of this review was an act of heroic and even desperate hardihood. Poe, it seems, had before valorously depreciated Halleck; but his crowning act of courage is introduced with the statement that "he dared all published opinion, and in the very teeth of Cooper's supreme popularity ventured upon saying" the remarks which have already been referred to, and which are quoted in full by the biographer, to whom is also to be given the credit of the italicized word in the foregoing quotation. No small share of the common belief in regard to Cooper's character and career is based upon assertions about as trustworthy as this.](back)