The Last of the Mohicans Lea, of Philadelphia. According to Susan Cooper, its success was "greater than that of any previous book from the same pen" and "in Europe the book produced quite a startling effect." Cooper's novels were popular, but reviewers were often critical, or dismissive. For example, the reviewer of the "London Magazine" (May 1826) described the novel as "clearly by much the worst of Mr Cooper's performances." Mark Twain notably derided the author in his essay "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses", published in "North American Review" (July 1895). Twain complained that Cooper lacked a variety of style and was overly wordy. In the
The Last Wish (book) The Last Wish (book) The Last Wish () is the first (in its fictional chronology; published second in original Polish) of the two collections of short stories (the other being "Sword of Destiny") preceding the main "Witcher Saga", written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski. The first Polish edition was published in 1993, the first English edition was first published in 2007. The book has also been translated into several other languages. The collection contains six short stories interspersed with a continuing frame story; Geralt of Rivia, after having been injured in battle, rests in a temple. During that time