Works of James Russell Lowell

The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell With Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles. In Sixteen Volumes. Elmwood Edition.

Author: Lowell, James Russell

8vo (5.25" x 7.75") 1904. 16 volumes. Elmwood Edition. Lowell, James Russell. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Half green leather with corners over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt author/vol# to gilt bordered second compartment, gilt subtitle to gilt bordered fourth compartment, fancy gilt devices to all others. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Horse and swimming themed bookplate of Mary Frances New to front pastedown of volume 1. Green leather on spine has sun faded to a pleasing soft brown. Corners rubbed, minor wear to extremities. All in all, a beautiful set of books.

From Wiki: James Russell Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; February 22, 1819 - August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside. He became involved in the movement to abolish slavery, with Lowell using poetry to express his anti-slavery views and taking a job in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the editor of an abolitionist newspaper. After moving back to Cambridge, Lowell was one of the founders of a journal called The Pioneer, which lasted only three issues. He gained notoriety in 1848 with the publication of A Fable for Critics, a book-length poem satirizing contemporary critics and poets. The same year, he published The Bigelow Papers, which increased his fame. He went on to publish several other poetry collections and essay collections throughout his literary career.

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