6 JANUARY 1917, Page 32

The Girl and the Faun. By Eden Phillpotts. (Palmer and

Hayward. 6s. not.)—This is a pleasant fantasy of an immortal faun who loved a mortal maiden and was scorned by her, but nevertheless served her faithfully since Pan would not help him to escape from the burden of immortality. It is well told, and the obvious moral is not too strongly emphasized. Mr. Brangwyn's four coloured illustrations, admirable, in themselves, seem a little too vigorous for such a delicate trifle.