Salt Lake Times | 1891-03-25 | Page 2 | James Bussell Lowell's Birthday

James Rmtsell Lowell's lllrtliday. If I hail lieen asked a few weeks a) to name the two mot,t interest i in,' men in America, I should have answered without with-out hesitation, "Mr. Lowell and Oen. Sherman'" or "(Jen. Sherman and Mr. Lowell," for the order of the names would have mattered little. Tho generals strong yet childlike nature, bis varied and well remembered experience, bis extensive ex-tensive reading, and his readiness aud skill in cxpressim; himself on a thousand topics, made him a fascinating talker, whether ho wero addressing two or twenty people. On the other hand, Mr. Lowell's jkjoHo Imagination and keen yet kindly wit, bis intimate acquaintance with the best UmagutH of the best minds of ull time, bis familiarity with the history of tbo past and bis personal connection with the historic happenings of bis own day comliino to make him one of tho half dozen living men whom it wero bout worth while toknow. Like ( ten. Sherman and Oeorgo Washington, Mr. Lowell was a February child, and was 72 years old on Washington's birthday. (Jen. Sherman Sher-man reached his seventy-first birthday on Feb. 8, and died on the 11th. Critic