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my article 'The American Indian in German Fiction.' It would 

 be difficult and perhaps useless to investigate this vast mass of 

 Indian fiction with the purpose of discovering in it any direct 

 influence of Cooper's works. But whether these German writers 

 received inspiration directly from the novels of Cooper or indi- 

 rectly through the medium of such American, English or French 

 works as were themselves inspired by Cooper, the fact neverthe- 

 less remains that it was Cooper's novels which stimulated and in 

 many instances furnished the immediate impetus for the pro- 

 duction of this great mass of Indian literature. 



