The Complete Poetical Works Of James Russell Lowell Cambridge Edition

Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good. N.D.. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. Circa 1910. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The maroon cloth has some light edge wear and rubbing. There are several tiny spots of discoloration to the spine. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there is toning to the endpapers, and several spot of toning / discoloration to the top edge of the text block. The front endpaper includes a previous owner's inked name and gift notation. "James Russell Lowell (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. Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1838, despite his reputation as a troublemaker, and went on to earn a law degree from Harvard Law School. He published his first collection of poetry in 1841 and married Maria White in 1844. The couple had several children, though only one survived past childhood. They soon 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." .