. L'histoire de Cooperstown . ent avec l'impression a produit des uponceux qui se sont bien souvenus de lui. Il avait un front plein, expansif, des caractéristiques fortes, com-plexion floridien, une bouche ferme sans rudesse, et les yeux gris clair. Sa tête, qui était fixée fermement et fièrement sur des épaules géantes, avait un mouvement oscillant étrange et incessant. Ses yeux expressifs étaient aussi singulièrement volatiles dans leur mouvement, rarement au repos parfait. Il était toujours shaven propre, de sorte que rien n'a été perdu des changements d'expression qui ont animé son visage mobile dans la conversation. Il avait une façon généreuse de rencontrer des hommes, un peu de buste

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. The story of Cooperstown . ent with the Impression produced uponthose who well remembered him. He had a full, expansive forehead, strong features, florid com-plexion, a mouth firm without harshness, and cleargray eyes. His head, which was set firmly andproudly upon giant shoulders, had a peculiar andincessant oscillating motion. His expressive eyesalso were singularly volatile in their movement—seldom at perfect rest. He was always cleanshaven, so that nothing was lost of the changes ofexpression which animated his mobile face In con-versation. He had a hearty way of meeting men, a little bustling, and an emphatic frankness ofmanner which Bryant says startled him at first, * Now in the hall at Fynmere, the home built in Cooperstownby the novelists grandson, James Fenimore Cooper of Albany. FENIMORE COOPER IN THE VILLAGE 263 but which he came at last to like and to admire.Cooper was a great talker. His voice was agree-ably sonorous. He talked well, and with infiniteresource. He could dash into animated conversa-. James Fenimore Cooper tion on almost any subject, and was not slow toexpress decided opinions, in which at times healmost demanded acquiescence. His earnestnesswas often mistaken for brusqueness and violence;for, says Lounsbury, ^ he was, in some measure. ^ James Fenimore Cooper, by Thomas R. Lounsbury, AmericanMen of Letters series, p. 80. 264 THE STORY OF COOPERSTOWN of that class of men who appear to be excitedwhen they are only interested. He created astrong impression of vigor, intelligence, impulsive-ness, vivacity, and manliness. When walking Cooper usually carried a stick, but never for support. In his last years he carrieda small, slender walking stick of polished wood, having a curved handle, and too short for anypurpose but to flourish in the hands. As hewalked briskly along the village street, erect, andwith expanded chest, this slender stick was oftenheld horizontally across his back with his armsskewered behind it, while at his heels a pet dogtr

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