THE DRYAD A Novel BY JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY AUTHOR OF "THE LADY OF LOYALTY HOUSE" "THE PROUD PRINCE" "MARJORIE" ETC. NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS :: MCMV Copyright, 1905, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ Published March, 1905. ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΦΙΛΗΝ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΝ Most dear, most fair, these pages go To you, who watched this story grow Through days of sun and days of snow, A legend of the Long Ago. Where Wonder-Wood is all aglow With godlike forms, and far below The bland Athenian breezes blow, The faint Athenian fountains flow. Take up and read, and reading know How much to you these pages owe Since first we bandied to and fro Sweet fancies, swift to come and go. J. H. McC. IX. II. MCMV. CONTENTS I. IN THE WONDER-WOOD II. RAINOUART III. ARGATHONA IV. THE MYSTIC ROSE V. THE SONG OF THE FOREST VI. LIKE UNTO ADONIS VII. LOVE IS ENOUGH VIII. SIMON SPIES IX. THE DUCHESS OF THEBES X. SIMON BLOWS OUT HIS LANTERN XI. THE CATALAN GRAND COMPANY XII. THE WINDING OF THE HORN XIII. THE KNIGHT OF ELEUSIS XIV. THE TRIUMPH OF THEBES XV. THE CHALLENGE OF RAINOUART XVI. THE TOURNAMENT XVII. THE ROSE OF THE WORLD XVIII. AN APPLE OF GOLD XIX. SIMON THE STALWART XX. THE PROMISE OF RAINOUART XXI. THE WINE OF ESCLARAMONDE XXII. REMEMBER THE GREENWOOD XXIII. SIMON'S CHARGE XXIV. THE HONOR OF THE ROCK XXV. CEPHISSUS XXVI. THE ANCHORITE XXVII. THE DREAM OF ARGATHONA XXVIII. LOVER AND LASS XXIX. WHAT SIMON FOUND IN THE FOREST XXX. RENUNCIATION THE DRYAD I IN THE WONDER-WOOD