The festivities of the day were finished and all was quiet in the Garden. The moon now rose and soon its light touched the Lilac Bush. At the touch the sweet perfume of the Lilac rose like a cloud of incense from the Bush. The air was filled with it, but the Bush was now deserted. "It was a great gift," it said, "that I should be permitted to have so much enjoyment. I am indeed happy, though twelve long months must pass before I bloom again, and these blossoms now upon me have lost their fragrance and shall fall to the ground. Yes, it is sweet to live, even though one's flowers die and one's fragrance is lost." But the fragrance was not lost. It rose higher and higher; the clouds kept it not back and it ascended even to heaven. [Illustration] Horace E. Scudder * * * * * JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: A Biography. With portraits and other illustrations, an Appendix, and a full Bibliography. 2 vols. MEN AND LETTERS. Essays in Characterization and Criticism. CHILDHOOD IN LITERATURE AND ART: With some Observations on Literature for Children. NOAH WEBSTER. In American Men of Letters. With Portrait. GEORGE WASHINGTON. An Historical Biography. In Riverside School Library. THE DWELLERS IN FIVE SISTERS COURT. A Novel. STORIES AND ROMANCES. DREAM CHILDREN. Illustrated. SEVEN LITTLE PEOPLE AND THEIR FRIENDS. Illustrated. STORIES FROM MY ATTIC. For Children. Illustrated. BOSTON TOWN. The Story of Boston told to Children. Illustrated. THE CHILDREN'S BOOK. A Collection of the Best Literature for Children. New Holiday Edition. Illustrated. THE BOOK OF FABLES. THE BOOK OF FOLK STORIES. THE BOOK OF FABLES AND FOLK STORIES. School Edition. Illustrated. THE BOOK OF LEGENDS. THE BODLEY BOOKS. Including Doings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country, The Bodleys Telling Stories, The Bodleys on Wheels, The Bodleys Afoot, Mr. Bodley Abroad, The Bodley Grandchildren and their Journey in Holland, The English Bodleys, and The Viking Bodleys. Illustrated. Eight vols. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK