James Russell Lowell

This 1886 collection of public addresses by Lowell features nine speeches, including "Democracy," a lecture given at Lowell's assumption of the Presidency of the Birmingham and Midland Institute; "Books and Libraries," given at the opening of the Free Public Library in Chelsea, Massachusetts; "Coleridge;" "Wordsworth;" and "Don Quixote;" among others. According to a contemporary review in the Nation, "in this volume there is the authentic impress...

This 1888 collection brings together the abolitionist poet's writings from the Civil War. Included are "The American Tract Society," "The Election in November," "E Pluribus Unum," "The Pickens-And-Stealin's Rebellion," "The Rebellion: Its Causes and Consequences," "McClellan or Lincoln?", "Reconstruction," "Scotch the Snake, or Kill It?", and "The President on the Stump."

Biography and commentary of James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat.