Show fenamore COOPER famon called europ a bo and america here Is an interesting letter in the possession ot a well known autograph collector that according to the phil adelphia record fenimore cooper wrote to his publishers in 1831 I 1 hope you will be wrong in antic a bad reception for the bravo I 1 cannot tell you much 01 ltv reception in europe though gosselin says it is very de cidely successful in france america Is of all countries one of the least favorable to works ot the imagination in europe or rather in england where there has ex isted a necessity of accounting for some success in the very teeth of their prejudices and wishes it has been the fashion to say that no writer ever en joyed so favorable an opportunity as I 1 because I 1 am an american and a sailor As to the sailor part 0 the business it is grossly absurd tor what advantage has an american sailor over any othera they know the falsehood of what they say in this respect for I 1 get 3 pounds tor a nautical tale that shall celebrate english skill to morrow for myself I 1 can write two euro stories easier than I 1 can write one american why europe itself is a romance while all america is A mat ter ot act humdrum common sense region from to cape florida |