| + + | Boston Evening Transcript. F. 8, ‘05. 820w. |
“From first to last these autobiographical chapters have a charm.”
| + + + | Ind. 58: 1310. Je. 8. 670w. |
McCarthy, Justin Huntly. Dryad. [†]$1.50, Harper.
“The hero is the son and heir of Duke Baldwin of Athens, who ruled near the close of the thirteenth century. The heroine, Argathona, is a dryad, who remained in the Eleusinian wood after the gods departed. There are numerous adventures—joustings, conspiracies, battles, enchantments—related with cheerful disregard of everything except the interest of the reader.”—Pub. Opin.
“He has not succeeded in creating the right atmosphere. Mr. McCarthy has found a beautiful theme and in spite of his cleverness has handled it so roughly that he has deprived it of its external charm and has not developed the possibilities of its inherent beauty”
| — | Acad. 68: 366. Ap. 1, ‘05. 570w. |
“Mr. McCarthy must be congratulated on having so deftly handled the supernatural that one hardly feels the impossibility of Argathona.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 395. Ap. 1, ‘05. 310w. |
“Decidedly the best that Mr. McCarthy has done.”