James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) was a poet, essayist, literary critic, diplomat, and the first editor of the Atlantic Monthly. A Harvard graduate, he returned there to teach. Lowell spent most of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Finding aid for letters and autographed books in the special collections of the University of Rochester River Campus libraries. www.lib.rochester.edu/rbk/Lowell.stm
From Literary Friends and Acquaintance, by William Dean Howells. Largely about the older writer's character. In plain text, or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg. www.gutenberg.net/etext/3393
Lowell was American Minister to the Court of St. James for five years, but had already made trips to Europe prior to this appointment. Article examines his attitude towards England and the English. [Contemporary Review] www.findarticles.com/../../mi_m2242/is_1614_277/ai_64994714
Excerpts from a letter to his sister-in-law about sitting for portraits. Includes woodcuts of the writer and his wife Maria which were based on these daguerreotypes. www.daguerre.org/resource/texts/lowell.html