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Show I MEDIEVAL AND MYTHICAL. Tho Dryad: a Novel. By Justin Hunt McCarthy. Mc-Carthy. Published by "Harper & Brothers. Broth-ers. Now York; A. R. Derge & Co., Snlt lake. The power of Mr. McCarthy as a novelist novel-ist is well known and proved. And when ho steps backward into tho age of myth nnd legend to create a little world of fiction, fic-tion, every one knows that he will do it well. Tills story Is a mixture of medieval Christianity, old Greek mythology, and paganism. A dryad, discovered In the woods- near Athens, meets a French prince, falls in love with him, and so violently vio-lently as to be willing to become mortal fcr his sake. The resources of a mind richly stored with legend and myth are drawn upon to supply the appropriate setting set-ting for such a theme, and It Is shown complete; medieval. figures, color, and action ac-tion appear as by magic, and tho ro- manccr has his triumph in tho admiration nnd interest of the reader. It is most Interesting In-teresting to note the requirements of the situation this novelist so skillfully creates; and to see the learning nnd the art brought Into piny to produce tho brilliant effects which are created, and which tho ' reader Is Hiiro to vastly enjoy. It Is a work of raro Interest. |