My Garden Acquaintance

"My Garden Acquaintance" by James Russell Lowell is a short and heartwarming essay. James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the fireside poets, a group of New England writers who rivaled the popularity of their British counterparts. In this text, he describes the beauty of the mundane as he discusses his love of literature, his history, and the goings on of his day-to-day existence.