By James Fenimore Cooper
Cooper released, ultimately, 5 volumes of trip writings in epistolary shape on his trips round western Europe, all now on hand from CSP. This quantity (first released with the 'Switzerland' quantity) relates partially to a trip alongside the Rhine to Switzerland (Cooper's moment stopover at) yet can be a lot interested in his friendship with Lafayette.
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