3 DECEMBER 1898, Page 29

At Sea under Drake. By Charles H. Eden. (Skeffington and

Son.)—This story has two parts, entitled respectively " England " and "The Spanish Main." The first reminds us that the history of Drake is connected with the religious troubles of England in the middle years of the sixteenth century. Francis Drake saw some of the Smithfield fires, and very possibly, as Mr. Eden puts it, " his thoughts crystallised into an undying hatred of religious perse- cution." In the second part the reader is introduced to familiar scenes, among them the seizure of the great treasure-train as it made its way from Nombre de Dios to Panama.