Perseus and Andromeda by Richard Le Gallienne (1902)

 This is an odd one for Gallienne in terms of its publishing history. It was published by Robert Howard Russell in New York, and as far as I can tell, never in Britain. Its subtitle is The Story Retold, and Gallienne says in a short preface that he's taken most of it from Ovid with nods to Lucian and Hesiod. It is a relatively standard retelling, weaving together strands from these various sources. One interesting element is his echoing of the terms of Christianity at the beginning in his discussion of the promulgation of the worship of Dionysus: talk of it meeting with opposition, creating many martyrs, and seeing it literally as a "gospel". From there on it takes on the form of a typical quest of ancient myth - there are very few surprises, but enough pleasure. Russell seems to have been a slightly dodgy character, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Gallienne was unhappy with this production - there are a good number of fairly obvious typos, and the illustrations are listed randomly on their contents page, meaning an internet-researched guessing game about which is which. On the other hand it has a lovely cover. A footnote really, but an enjoyable enough one.