R U R A L H O U R S.
BY
A L A D Y.
| “ | And we will all the pleasures prove | |
| That valleys, groves, or hills, or field, | ||
| Or woods, and steepy mountains yield.” | ||
| Marlow. |
ILLUSTRATED EDITION.
NEW - YORK:
GEORGE P. PUTNAM , 155 BROADWAY,
MDCCCLI.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by
J. FENIMORE COOPER,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the
Northern District of New York
| EDWARD O. JENKINS, PRINT. AND STER., |
| 114 Nassau street, New York. |
TO
THE AUTHOR OF “THE DEERSLAYER,”
THESE NOTES ARE
VERY RESPECTFULLY, GRATEFULLY,
AND MOST AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED,
BY
THE WRITER.