ofthesamekind，theauthorcouldnotcomplain，thoughhisincognitowasendangered。Hehadchallengedthepublictoagameatbo-peep，andifhewasdiscoveredinhishiding-hole，’’hemustsubmittotheshameofdetection。
Variousreportswere，ofcoursecirculatedinvariousways；somefoundedonanaccuraterehearsalofwhatmayhavebeenpartlyreal，someoncircumstanceshavingnoconcernwhateverwiththesubject，andothersontheinventionofsomeimportunatepersons，whomightperhapsimagine，thatthereadiestmodeofforcingtheauthortodisclosehimself，wastoassignsomedishonourableanddiscreditablecauseforhissilence。
Itmaybeeasilysupposedthatthissortofinquisitionwastreatedwithcontemptbythepersonwhomitprincipallyregarded；asamongalltherumoursthatwerecurrent，therewasonlyone，andthatasunfoundedastheothers，whichhadneverthelesssomealliancetoprobability，andindeedmighthaveprovedinsomedegreetrue。
Ialludetoareportwhichascribedagreatpart，orthewhole，oftheseNovelstothelateThomasScott，Esq。，ofthe70thRegiment，thenstationedinCanada。Thosewhorememberthatgentlemanwillreadilygrant，that，withgeneraltalentsatleastequaltothoseofhiselderbrother，headdedapowerofsocialhumour，andadeepinsightintohumancharacter，whichrenderedhimanuniversallydelightfulmemberofsociety，andthatthehabitofcompositionalonewaswantingtorenderhimequallysuccessfulasawriter。TheAuthorofWaverleywassopersuadedofthetruthofthis，thathewarmlypressedhisbrothertomakesuchanexperiment，andwillinglyundertookallthetroubleofcorrectingandsuperintendingthepress。Mr。
ThomasScottseemedatfirstverywelldisposedtoembracetheproposal，andhadevenfixedonasubjectandahero。Thelatterwasapersonwellknowntobothofusinourboyishyears，fromhavingdisplayedsomestrongtraitsofcharacter。Mr。T。ScotthaddeterminedtorepresenthisyouthfulacquaintanceasemigratingtoAmerica，andencounteringthedangersandhardshipsoftheNewWorld，withthesamedauntlessspiritwhichhehaddisplayedwhenaboyinhisnativecountry。Mr。Scottwouldprobablyhavebeenhighlysuccessful，beingfamiliarlyacquaintedwiththemannersofthenativeIndians，oftheoldFrenchsettlersinCanada，andoftheBrulsorWoodsmen，andhavingthepowerofobservingwithaccuracywhat，Ihavenodoubt，hecouldhavesketchedwithforceandexpression。Inshort，theAuthorbelieveshisbrotherwouldhavemadehimselfdistinguishedinthatstrikingfield，inwhich，sincethatperiod，Mr。Cooperhasachievedsomanytriumphs。ButMr。T。