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 
