Lowell's Works [Among My Books; Political Essays; My Study Windows]

Lowell, James Russell

Published by Houghton Mifflin and Co, Boston, 1898

Description:

4 volumes ([8], 380, [2] p.; [6], 327, [1] p.; [4], 327, [1] p.; [8], 433, [1] p.); 20 cm. Publisher's faux leather spine with five spine compartments between blind rules; gilt-stamped spine series title and volume title. Maroon vertically-grained cloth over boards. Top edges gilt. Front fixed endpapers bear gift inscription to Mary J. Bortz, dated 1915. Contents: Among My Books Dryden -- Witchcraft -- Shakespeare Once More -- New England Two Centuries Ago -- Lessing -- Rousseau and the Sentimentalists -- Dante -- Spenser -- Wordsworth -- Milton -- Keats; Political Essays: The American Tract Society -- The Election in November -- E Pluribus Unum -- The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion -- General McClellan's Report -- The Rebellion: Its Causes and Consequences -- McClellan or Lincoln -- Reconstruction -- Scotch the Snake, or Kill It! -- The President on the Stump -- The Seward-Johnson Reaction -- My Study Windows: My Garden Acquaintance -- A Good Word for Winter -- On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners -- A Great Public Character -- Carlyle -- Abraham Lincoln -- The Life and Letters of James Gates Percival -- Thoreau -- Swinburne's Tragedies -- Chaucer -- Library of Old Authors -- Emerson, the Lecturer -- Pope. The Political Essays volumes addresses slavery and the Civil War. In Very Good Condition: spines are faded and lightly rubbed; ends of spines are starting to fray and occasionally chipped; back joint on Political Essays is starting to separate; pages are clean and tight. Seller Inventory # 003282

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lowell's Works [Among My Books; Political ...
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin and Co, Boston
Publication Date: 1898
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good