PART FIRST, by the same author, in 2 vols. 12mo.
“The author of ‘The Spy,’ not content with the fame already acquired in
the field of literature, has here made another effort to impart some
valuable thoughts to the gratification of his friends and the public.
The two volumes before us are a compilation of letters written from
France to the author’s personal friends in America, but these letters
will not be less acceptable because written as private epistles,
inasmuch as they contain much of that peculiar character which it
instructs while it amuses. Mr. Cooper’s testimony in relation to the
then existing state of society in France, may be considered as honest;
whilst in relation to the more weighty matters which fell under his
observation, he appears to have acted upon that most excellent appeal of
Othello, ‘nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.’”—_American
Citizen._
“Whatever Mr. Cooper undertakes to describe, he does it with the hand of
a master, and a single chapter of description from his vigorous pen,
conveys more distinct ideas of the things and persons of whom he writes,
than all the volumes of First Impressions which have ever been
published. His views of society are also such as may be studied with
advantage; and it is to be hoped that the results of his experience will
not be entirely lost on his fellow citizens.”—_Saturday News._