In Lilac Tide 



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which seems strange in the most finished classical 

 scholar of his day. 



" I shall not go to town while the Lilacs bloom," 

 wrote Longfellow ; and what Lilac lover could have 



Lilacs at Craigie House, the Home of Longfellow. 



left a home so Lilac-embowered as Craigie House ! 

 A view of its charms in Lilac tide is given in outline 

 on this page ; the great Lilac trees seem wondrously 

 suited to the fine old Revolutionary mansion. 



There is in Albany, New York, a lovely gar- 

 den endeared to those who know it through the 



