31 OCTOBER 1885, Page 25

The King of the Tigers. By Louis Rousselet. (Sampson Low

and Co.)—M. Rousselet's hero is a certain Lord Everest, an English noble- man, the victim of that mysterious disease of which our French neighbours seem to know so much more than the islanders who are supposed to be its chief victims, the "spleen." Lord Everest starts for Central India, where a certain Maharajah has offered the reward of a lakh of rupees to the slayer of a very formidable tiger. His companions are the familiar man of science and the gasconading hunter. The trio go through a number of adventures, both exciting and amusing. In due time we come to the climax of the tale, the encounter with the " King of the Tigers." How fortunately it ended for the splenetic millionaire, M. Rousselet tells us in a very exciting story.