The Works of James Russell Lowell.

LOWELL, James Russell.

Item Number: 114582

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890.

The Standard Library edition of the works of James Russell Lowell. Octavo, 11 volumes bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt topstain, illustrated with steel portraits and photogravures including a tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. In very good condition.

One of the six Fireside Poets, James Russell Lowell was an abolitionist and believed that the poet played an important role as a prophet and critic of society. The Fireside Poets, composed of Lowell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., 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.