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italics have been transcribed in ALL CAPITALS. Annotations (identified by {curly} brackets, have been occasionally added–identifying allusions, translating foreign terms, and correcting a few obvious typographical errors. {Introduction from “The Spirit of the Fair” (April 5, 1864): {Unpublished MS. of James Fenimore Cooper. {Our national novelist died in the autumn of 1850 ; previous to
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italics used by Cooper to indicate foreign words are ignored, as are accents; while italics Cooper used for emphasis are usually indicated by ALL CAPITALS. Unless otherwise indicated, translations are from the French. The spelling and punctuation of the Graham’s Magazine periodical text have generally been followed, except that certain inconsistent contractions (e.g., “do n’t”