THE
WAYS OF THE HOUR;
A TALE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF
“THE SPY,” “THE RED ROVER,” &c., &c.

“Is this the way
I must return to native dust?”

NEW YORK:

GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY.

1850.

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Entered, according to the 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
Eastern District of New York.

STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN, PHILADELPHIA.

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