James Russell Lowell was a versatile poet, critic, and editor. He is extremely talented, intelligent and wise. His works include sincere odes and satirical sketches, poems written in dialects and elegant prose. His comments on things are often to the point. The success of a series of poems such as Lowell's "Bigelow's Manuscripts" has greatly enriched the vocabulary of American literature and is his greatest contribution to American literature. Writers in the 19th century sought to integrate spoken language into literary creation to bring new charm to their works, and Lowell not only practiced it, but also established his own theory in practice. But today's critics are not interested in his works, but in the development of his ideas and his connection with the Boston cultural circle. Like Longfellow, Holmes and others, he represents the inheritance of American cultural traditions but is insufficient in innovation.