The Dryad. By Justin McCarthy. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)— Mr.
McCarthy has gone boldly back to mediaeval Greece for the date and setting of his new story, and has also given us a really new type of heroine, in the person of the daughter of an authentic Dryad. "The twilight of the Gods" is always an attractive subject, and the best parts of the story are those in which Argathona, the Dryad, describes her memories of the banishment of the Immortals. While the principal action of the story does not differ very much from that of many modern historical novels, Mr. McCarthy contrives to got a real touch of poetry into his descriptions of the forest in which Argathona has her sylvan home, and the reader will feel some disappointment when the Dryad renounces her gift of earthly immortality and becomes an everyday maiden of eighteen.
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