IMPRESSIONS OF SPAIN

by Lowell, James Russell; (Gilder, Joseph B., compiler)

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Boston:: Houghton-Mifflin,, 1899. Hardcover; collector bookplate inside front cover; ink name on front endpaper; spine vellum lightly soiled; periodic light marginal foxing; top edges gilt, others untrimmed; otherwise, condition good.. index. With b&w portrait. Lowell (1819-91), poet & writer, took law degree at Harvard but preferred writing & literature; followed Longfellow as Harvard Prof. of Modern Languages; edited Atlantic Monthly 1857-62, & North American Review 1854-72; appointed Ambassador to Spain 1877-80, & England 1880-85. ||| He reports to U.S. State Dept.--`Domestic Politics of Spain'; `The King's First Marriage'; `Death of Queen Mercedes'; `Attempted Assassination of the King'; `General Grant's Visit to Spain'; `The King's Second Marriage.' ||| `Few diplomats had Lowell's personal success in creating international good will & understanding'--(Ency. Brit.).