The Spy: Condensed for use in schools
 STANDARD LITERATURE SERIES

THE SPY

BY

J. FENIMORE COOPER

CONDENSED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS

 WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND EXPLANATORY NOTES

NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS

UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING CO.

1898

Copyright, 1895, by UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING CO. Press of J. J. Little & Co. Astor Place, New York

Copyright, 1895, by

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL NOTE.

A RURAL SCENE IN 1780.

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INTRODUCTION.

James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, N. J., in 1789—the year in which George Washington was inaugurated first President of the United States. His boyhood was passed at Cooperstown, N. Y., a village founded by his father. After completing his studies at Yale, young Cooper entered the American navy as midshipman, subsequently obtaining the rank of lieutenant. He also made some voyages in a merchant vessel, and in this service acquired that knowledge of sea life of which he made good use in many of his novels.

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