900 FRANCIS CAUOT LOWELL. 



German and a French edition) ; " ( 'hapters from the Religious History 

 of Spain" (1890); "A Formulary of the Papal Penitentiary" (1892); 

 "A History of Auricular Confession and Indulgences in the Latin 

 Church" (1896); "The Moriscoes of Spain" (1901); "A History of 

 the Inquisition of Spain" (1906-1907, also translated into German); 

 "The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies" (1908). 



Taken as a whole, Lea's works represent the most considerable 

 contribution made to European history by an x\merican scholar. 

 His interest in the past was institutional and scientific, rather than 

 biographical or dramatic, so that his writings lacked the element of 

 popular appeal and were more widely read and more highly valued 

 in Europe than in the Ignited States. He dealt with highly contro- 

 versial subjects, and not all his conclusions have won universal assent, 

 but he commanded general respect for his candor and judgment, his 

 untiring industry, and the extraordinary range, depth, and solidity 

 of his learning. 



Biographical and critical accounts lui\e been printed in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the American Philosophical Society, L (1911), and the 

 Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, XLIII, 183-188. 



Charles H. Haskins. 



FRANCIS CABOT LOWELL (1855-1911) 



Fellow in Class III, Sccticn 1, 1898. 



Judge Francis Cabot Lowell was born in Boston on January 7, 

 1855, son of George Gardner Lowell, and grandson of the member of 

 this Academy for whom he was named. In boyhood he showed 

 some of the qualities which distinguished him in later life, for in 

 physical size and intellectual grasp he developed early. To friends of 

 his youth he seemed colossal in both, and the extent of his memory 

 appeared well-nigh prodigious. He was easily at the head of his class, 

 and Mr. Noble, the headmaster of the school, said many years later 

 that he thought him on the whole the best scholar he had ever had. 

 His interest in politics and his knowledge of public events, began at a 

 very tender age, and he discussed these things while he was scarcely 

 out of the nursery. When hardly more than twelve years old the 



