The Riverside Literature Series

THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, NOTES, PORTRAITS
AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

AND WITH AIDS TO THE STUDY OF
THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL

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CONTENTS

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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL

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POEMS HAVING A SPECIAL RELATION TO THE VISION

OF SIR LAUNFAL. GROUP A

MR. HOSEA BIGLOW TO THE EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC