The Pilot The Red Rover The Two Admirals PDF Download

Excerpt from Works of J. Fenimore Cooper, Vol. 3 of 10: The Pilot; The Red Rover; The Two Admirals So very discouraging did these ominous Opinions get to be, that the writer was, once or twice, tempted to throw hls manu script aside and turn to something new. A favorable Opinion, however, coming from a very unexpected quarter, put a new face on the matter, and raised new hopes. Among the intimate friends of the writer was an Englishman who possessed most of the peculiar qualities of the edu cated of his country. He was 'learned even, had a taste that was so just as always to command respect, but was prejudiced, and particularly so in all that related to this country and its literature. He could never be persuaded to admire Bryant's water-fowl, and this mainly because if it were accepted as good poetry it must be. Placed at once among the finest fugitive pieces of the language. Of the Thanatopsis he thought better, though inclined to suspect it of plagiarism. To the tender mercies of this one-sided critic, who had never affected to compliment the previous works of the author, the sheets of a volume of The Pilot were committed, with scarce an expectation of his liking them. The reverse proved to be the case - he expressed himself highly gratified. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.