Winceby Fight. By Alan Cheales, M.A. (J. W. Arrowsmith, BristoL
ls.) —This " Lincolnshire Legend of 1643" is subitantially a true narrative of one of the most disastrous reverses that the Royalists suffered in the early part of the Civil War. The person who tells the story is a non-combatant, who has been arrested for communicating with the enemy,—really to save his sister's lover. Cromwell, who did much to win the battle for his party, and other notables on the Parliamentary side are introduced, not without success, and the conflict itself is vividly described. Not the least interesting part of the book is the introduction from the pen of Lieutenant-Colonel Gunter, giving a brief account of the military arrangements of the time. This may be profitably compared with Mr. Firth's recently published work on the same subject.
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