12 DECEMBER 1896, Page 23

Under the Foeman's Flag. By Robert Leighton. (A. Melrose.) —Mr.

Leighton takes what may almost be called a new departure in this story. He tells his " Story of the Spanish Armada" from the opposite point of view, so far at least as locality is concerned. His hero and his friends find themselves on board one of the Spanish ships ; they witness the struggle from there, and in this way they share the perilous voyage that the remnant of the shattered fleet made along the Scotch and Irish coasts. All this is told with much spirit, and the result is as good a story of the great event as we have seen. The tale is told by an Oxford clerk who should have known better than to speak of " Christ-Church College " (p. 19).