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LEA AND BLANCHARD
HAVE LATELY PUBLISHED
Mr. Cooper's New Novel of
MERCEDES OF CASTILE.
A ROMANCE OF THE DAYS OF COLUMBUS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF
“The Pathfinder,” “Pioneers,” &c.
In 2 vols. 12mo.
Whether we are prepossessed by our penchant for history, and
especially for all that relates to that glorious and heroic epoch of
American History, the age of Columbus or not, we cannot say; but
rising fresh from the attentive and thorough perusal of this novel,
we pronounce it the very best Mr. Cooper has ever written. It is
well considered and highly finished in all its parts. The plot is
natural and free from the puzzling intricacy which was once the
fashion among novel writers; the dialogue is characteristic of the
personages introduced, historical and fictitious, and suitable to the
age in which it is represented to have taken place; which remark
the reader may easily verify by comparing it with the recorded
conversations of that age. The delineation of such characters as
Isabella the Queen, Columbus, the Pinzos, St. Angle and Quintanilla,
are, to us, perfectly delightful. They have all the freshness
of present life, with all the dignity of remote and heroic history.
The action too of the story is so grand, and truly national,
so full of epic splendour, as well as the gorgeousness and glare of
romance, that one devours the story with an appetite unfelt since
the days when Kenilworth and Ivanhoe appeared.
Cooper's Pathfinder—A New Edition.
THE PATHFINDER,
OR
THE INLAND SEA.
By the Author of “The Spy,” “Pioneers,” &c. &c.
In 2 vols. 12mo.
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