The first page begins: "was distinctly given, and it was in perfect accordance with the private information that had already been gleaned by the authorities. . . ."
The second page begins: "'Signore,' said the smuggler, changing colour, but endeavouring to speak lightly of a discovery which all the others present evidently considered to be grave, . . ."
With--Paul Fenimore Cooper. Autograph Letter Signed, "Paul F. Cooper," to Grace Lawrence, describing the manuscript: ". . . The two sides are not continuous, coming from a half-sheet written over in the ordinary way beginning at the top of each page. . . . The book was written in Europe and on very large half sheets of paper, more than 14 inches by 9 . . . ." 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. Albany, 30 July 1886. With the original envelope.