Among My Books. First Series

James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) was a distinguished American Romantic poet, critic, satirist, writer, diplomat, and abolitionist, associated with the Fireside Poets—a group known for their scholarship and for advocating social reform. Lowell graduated from Harvard University in 1838 and went on to study law, though his passion for literature led him to pursue a career in writing. His early work '...