JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891).-Poet and essayist, _b._ at Camb., Massachusetts, _s._ of a Unitarian minister, was _ed._ at Harvard. He began active life as a lawyer, but soon abandoned business, and devoted himself mainly to literature. In 1841 he _pub._ a vol. of poems, _A Year's Life_, and in 1843 a second book of verses appeared. He also wr