The sun., 1891-08-13
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

Hia death was extremely peaceful. The transit
lion from sleep to death was so easy that for .
tV moments nobody in the room observed
that hs had ceased to breathe. There were
| present at his bedside when he breathed his
! list his daughter. Mabel and her husband.
4 MI. Burnett. with his first wife's sister. Mrs.
Howe, and tho nurse. His eyes were closed
and they never opened. He passed away with
only heavy sigh to indicate the separation OF
the great soul from tho WORKOUT body.
1t was decided this afternoon to hold tho
funeral services in Appleton Chapel. Harvard
College. on Friday at noon. Bishop-slect
Brooks who is at Bar Harbor with the Rev.
Dr. Mcvickar. has been requested by tele-
graph to offlciats and will start for Boston to-
morrow. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Judge
Err Hoar are among those who will be asked
10 serve as pail bearers. Once a month for
ysars on Saturday afternoon they have been
accustomed to attend together tho regular
dinners OF the Literary Club. of which DR..
Holmes is the President Nj Auburn will DO
the burial place.
Jamee Russell Lowell's career Is good ono
to refer to In demonstrating the proposition
that" blood will tell" He was born In q right
good New England fsmily-there is mono bet
ter When Frederika Bremer came to this
country she called at the Lowell homestead.
and aiterward remarked that 1t was the only
one she entered in which two generations OF
one family hal been born. There were three
American generations in tho Lowell family
before James Russell. and they wore genera
tons Of note In their day. Percival Lowell. tho
reat- great grandfather Of James Russell
Lowell. came to Newburyport. Mass. in 1880.
where be was noted for his literary gifts aud
MI T1h
Lowell. was noted pulpit orator Of Newbury-
port. The Rrandia Of James Russell Low
swas the Hon. John Lowell Chief Justice OF
As Court OF Appeals OF Massachusetts, and
Justice Of the United States District Court
hr New England He received his
appointment from George Washington, and it
vas he who. in the Constitutional Convention
nat gave Massachusetts its fundamenta law.
moved the adoption OF the clause wherein 1t Is
there we're n e hoss u owes shs
atnt IN New England-John Lowell q famous
P.mphleteer ol Madi,on's time Francis Cabot
{nRaDd. and John Lowell. who founded the
lowell institute III Boston. James Russell
Esled Tor i6e pith aai brsvty Of his era ser%ons.
a' motheT ,n sTs was Harriet the daughter Of Rob
said. to u strain q Celtic blood. ii aman
VA, nas ever horn % erary career James Rus
sGad sA@ Mn. ass lss ssd S february
itesd IN cambridge. The old house was built
huuber Of 4no old mansions in the same street
fMIhHG f,IthtGl, 9S br!tisn Gentlaipen who remained
h,p sn so no e Ams Mhn the s9onies
Z william 'Hag ny %ss ran ses sehoo STi n
Iut6u Hb Ueluk mhStpr hand I'm lifting hnyS for
n Hrr, ard. Ne is said as we'll to have conduct
ca ~, scnoo in the British fashion, so that his
nsrshness; but young DWELL was day pupil
nv Hna 90 es,Shped he hnrdships while securing
and e ,snsts on sTr q IN .choo A. IL s was ready
10 10 sSsoE Hs nfst literary triumph iu one dav.
lori or xouib ms Slass poem was potable Of
that he aid III,n; noi roT TTeynr' It should be- said
fp%s college hoy nick he had been rustic ated.
Nbas a., ,isiior'mne that history has not told
n ,fwyeI. 30 no entered the Harvard Law
Few eIs sd ress1, %as ndmttsd 70 the bar in 1s4D.
Wy ~ opened an oice in Boston ind wrote
bos'oo bw once stoIy. whicl h was published In tho
Client" ""tSer,Gmg a. under the title My First
fnsfISS fs too indolen, as matter Of TACT, to take
xoTL 70 law, He hal take kindly to literary
vas opened s hone limo before the law olilce
awe OF is satirs liz had e scored m Hmerson, Her on
ss.Hue ths transcendeniaists :and, what
wraa I.ns9l ar now. the Aholitionists. But 1t
srson St,oerlnl satire, ani did rot prevent Ems
msmbersd di,nT ~ ~ his g.o fr end twill be re-
this Ioen, 10 ms c edit also. that he ma e In
81 ths Thaa strong protest again 1t the eviction
Bus beIokees ,bae,Io from their home in Georgia
with n H", unnnsnot was nor all. He had fallen IN love
bis vie snh woman In every way fitted to be
was Ii RIA Whslinn IN poetry. His sweetheart
tiIuI' VIZ, ,,'as.males. She was serenely beau
ana lhs so sop ;,er,id nature. The mind OF poet
bersoT 81 ~ reiormer hhe wrote poetry
elsssea ana Sns Ind attended Margaret Fulier's
cause, PPanrnn PPnn hsd espousod the anti.slsvery
marrfad vrnaps cn,aaa.ps the couple would have been
father WY xhh.cxiy but for tho hard sense OF her
lhow frstr ro insisted that the swain should
fhsreat t tho hls Ins.,a ABILITY to support wife.
Nyles y,9Snns ,Sns iplks ncinei TO to- literature. Who
Ssir loys lsn1 .na king and the queen. and read
E,ed wv; y, ,,eters, which were counted too
Norattnn' ' 70 be spoken Of" with sighs and
San' nca. lhs effusions written under these
Adsr tha ,HIe WsIe cnllated and printed In 1871
ssIrodn ns sn,llie ,llie ot Years Life" The book
Enhuoure,ht eht ,,Isia tic piaise from his friends,
EsmSoaall EsyS0ut an that 1t contained was left out nf
Ned books Of poems which he pub
s@Sng Hn other members OF this circle OF young
E,nas Nathan Hale. 1t Was he who ran the
| """v 10 which Loweils story apIenred