2 NOVEMBER 1889, Page 42

A Warrior King. By J. Evelyn. (Blackie and Son.)—Adrian and

his father plunge with a hunting party into the depths of the " Dark Continent," and meet with some very remarkable adven- tures. The father, indeed, is disposed of at the beginning by one of those deaths in which the experienced reader refuses to believe, but Adrian goes through enough for two. He falls into the hands of savages, is adopted, so to speak, by a most remarkable heir- apparent, whose language is more like Ossian than we should have supposed possible, is kidnapped by priests, doomed to sacrifice, rescued by a hostile tribe, Ac. There is plenty more of the story besides what we have told. No reader of The Warrior King can complain of want of incident.