THE FUNCTION OF THE POET
AND OTHER ESSAYS

BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL


COLLECTED AND EDITED BY
ALBERT MORDELL


KENNIKAT PRESS, INC./PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.

THE FUNCTION OF THE POET

1920 by Houghton Mifflin Company

Reissued in 1967 by Kennikat Press




PREFACE


The Centenary Celebration of James Russell Lowell last year showed that
he has become more esteemed as a critic and essayist than as a poet.