Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has scored 114 offences against literary art out of a possible 115. It breaks the record.

... the English alphabet is pure insanity..., It can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree of certainty.

...one of the first achievements of the legislature was to institute a ten-thousand-dollar agricultural fair to show off forty dollars' worth of pumpkins in - however, the Territorial legislature was usually spoken of as the "asylum".

A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.

How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand.

Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.

It is better to be a young June-bug than an old bird of paradise.