Under the White Cockade. By Halliwell Sutcliffe. (Cassell and Co.
68.)--Mr. Sutcliffe has given us in Under the White Cockade a tale of the " Forty-five " that is well worth reading. Maurice Anstruther, a young Englishman, attracted by the glamour of Prince Charlie's name, joins him in Scotland, and renders him valuable service there and on the march to Derby. Anstruther tells his own story, and his adventures in love and war make an entertaining narrative ; the former, indeed, are many, for, though Anstruther is betrothed at the beginning of the book and married soon after, Mr. Sutcliffe apparently considers it necessary to the "local colour" of an eighteenth-century tale that his men should make love to every pretty woman they meet. The author takes somewhat abrupt leave of his subject before misfortune shadows the Stuart cause. We think he is wise. The almost unblemished character he gives Prince Charlie might become difficult to reconcile with historical fact had he prolonged his narrative. A word of praise for the illustrations : they are unusually well drawn and spirited.
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