PrecautionA Novel.Reading editionChapter navigation52 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A Novel.W. C. Bryant's Discourse on the Life, Genius, and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper,Preface to the New EditionChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIIIChapter XIVChapter XVChapter XVIChapter XVIIChapter XVIIIChapter XIXChapter XXChapter XXIChapter XXIIChapter XXIIIChapter XXIVChapter XXVChapter XXVIChapter XXVIIChapter XXVIIIChapter XXIXChapter XXXChapter XXXIChapter XXXIIChapter XXXIIIChapter XXXIVChapter XXXVChapter XXXVIChapter XXXVIIChapter XXXVIIIChapter XXXIXChapter XLChapter XLIChapter XLIIChapter XLIIIChapter XLIVChapter XLVChapter XLVIChapter XLVIIChapter XLVIIIChapter XLIXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →W. C. Bryant's Discourse on the Life, Genius, and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper,All chapters and sections (52)Other sectionsA Novel.W. C. Bryant's Discourse on the Life, Genius, and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper,Preface to the New EditionChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849By J. Fenimore Cooper."Be wise to-day. It is madness to defer; To-morrow's caution may arrive too late."◇W. C. Bryant's Discourse on the Life, Genius, and Writings of James Fenimore Cooper, →