Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences

"Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences" is an 1895 essay by Mark Twain, written as a satire and criticism of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, such as works from The Leatherstocking Tales.

For the little-known Part II, see Fenimore Cooper's Further Literary Offences: Cooper's Prose Style. (1895) (PDF, 6 pg)

For an opposite opinion, see Fenimore Cooper's Literary Defenses.