3 DECEMBER 1910, Page 67

For Rupert the King. By Herbert Hayens. (S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.)

—The writer of a story of this kind is always faced with a diffi- culty. Is it to be told as a partisan would tell it, or as a student versed in the scientific historical methods of the twentieth century would tell it ? There is a possible via media; but this is not by any means easy to find. Mr. Hayens, however, has achieved no common success. He holds the scales as evenly as an honest young man of the time could be expected to hold them. And if he goes further in making a hero of Prince Rupert than some would think reasonable, who shall blame him ? It distinctly adds to the interest of a very spirited story.