Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
TO THE COURT OF GOD,
J. RUSSELL LOWELL'S SPIRIT
HAS FLED.

The Renowned Poet and Diplomat Dies at
TN, Age OF T2-sketch of HIS Lie and
Literary sueossses-A Typical Ameri-
can.
James Russell Lowell. the great
American poet and diplomat, died al
Cambridge, Mass He was born In that
city Feb. 20, 1919. He graduated at
Harvard College in 1898, and STUDIED
law, but soon abandoned law Tor lltera-
ture- Before leaving college ne pup
lished class poem. A volume 0! mis-
cellapeous poems entitled "A Years |
Iifes appeared in ls4l; a new coliec-
tion, containing a Legend of Brittany"
.Prometheus" and others, in 1874; "Con-
versations on Some of the Old Poets"
containing q series of well-studied crit
icisms, both in prose and verse, giving
indications OF Mr. Lowells interest In
the various political and philanthroplc
questions of the day and OF MS
attachment TO those principles OF
which he has since been the champion.
in ls45; thiri cole ton OF poems and
.The Vision of Sir Launfal, founded on
legend of the search Tor the san Grael,
| I'm ls4s; "a Fable Tor Critics, in which ne
satircally passed in review the iitteratl
| of the United States, and his most re-
II.
a collection of humorous poems on
poli,ical subjects, written by "Hosea
| Biglow,B n in the Yankee dialect in ls4S.
.tireside Travels" including graphic
parers OH Cambridge in Old times, and
| the second series of the "Biglow Papers"
appeared In 1864
| In 1859 MIR. DWELL published "Under
the Willows and Other toems," and near
| the close OF the same year ne
| Cathedral An epic poem; In 1870 col
lected volume of essays EMIT ed Among
| NV Books and in 1871 @My Study
| Windows "1hree Memorial Poems"
appeared in 1876. In 1855 he succeeded
Longfellow as professor o. modern ian
guages and belles-lettres In Harvard Col
lege. The degree OF ID. Z. l.. was con-
ferred upon him in 1879 by the English
University OF oxford, auu thut of LII
u. by Cambridge In 1874. The latter de-
gree he received also from St Andrews,
Edinburgh, Harvard ana Bologna. From
1887 70 1862 he was editor OF the
Atlantic MONTHLY, and he had previously
heen connected with The ftOneeT, a
maQaz ne of high character, the anti
SL0peru Standard, PlLtrldm's Monthly,
and from 1864 10 1s66 was editor OF the
North American Repten. He had also
, baen a lecturer before the Lowell lnsti-
tute, in Boston. on the British poets
Toward the close of 1874 MI. Lowell
was offered the post of Minister TO Rus-
sia. which he declined, but III ieTT ef-
ceuted that OF Minister To spain, IRON
which he was transferred in 1880 TO thai
nj Minister 70 Great Britain. On the
j., change of administration in 1855 he re
, signed this position and returned TO the
u limited States. The speeches which a.
y delivered IL England were repubishet
t, IN 1857 under the title OF "Democrac!
and Other Addresses" Though a life
u long Republican, Mr.. Lowell supported
l. the candidacy of Mr.. Cleveland Tor re
i. election 70 the presidency in lsSa Dur
- - ia.,-shs--sIs~ers-a agitation prior TO In
VI civil war he was a prominent adVocat
e for its abolition, and had been eQuall
- outs poken in more recent years In urgln
y the reform OF the civil service
Z, -Haryardiana," which Mr. Lowe
is edited in 1875 was notable poem
composed under peculiar circumstance:
5 At the time of writing IL the colleglat
senior was undergoing brief period
rustication at Concord in consequcnc
of inattention TO his text books Hl
III forced sotourn in this Arcadia Of scholar
De ship and reform brought him into n
- lationehip with the transcendentalist
~ who at that time were in the habit
lie gathering at the home of Emerson, wit
re whom then began that friendship whici
!, despite the playful saii.es OF the youngt
!" poet in his earlier writings, only term
al mated with the death of the elder. III
/. Young satirist saw the humorous side {
:! the social movements of the day. and th
a class poem, scintillating with wit, a
ne tackled the abolitionists Carlyle, Emel
an II1lz AIns0s I0eI 1rIrs. h|o"O'' -
Is a paper before tie Union League Ciu
of thicago, on the authorship
70 .Richard ILL Since his return 10 pr
ly ynta life MIR Lowell's- home had uet
with his only child, the wle Oh Eu"a
pnYnatt at southboro, Mass