Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief This story, by the author of The Spy, The Pilot, and the Leatherstocking Series, has not, to our knowledge, been republished since its first appearance more than half a century ago. As stated by T. R. Lounsbury, in his Life of Cooper, it seems to be the fact, that for some reason not easy to explain, this has never been included in the regular editions of his novels. In his brief notice of the work Professor Louns bury does not ¿atter it, commenting as follows: In it he made in some measure another effort to reproduce the social life of New York City. The previous failure was repeated. An air of ridica lous unreality is given to this part of the story in which the impossible talk of impossible people is paraded as a genuine representation of what takes place in civilized society. Nevertheless, and in spite of this sharp-edged opinion, the story has a value and an interest of its own, as presenting one phase of Cooper's genius and as illustrating his satirical ideas of certain aspects of American society of that period, which had so recently been punctured by the caustic, semi-truthful pens of Dickens and Mrs. Trollope. No one character in this little novel can hope to live with Harvey Birch or immortal Natty Bumppo, yet the tale deserves a better fate than oblivion. It is here given, let the reader form his own judgment. 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.