3 NOVEMBER 1894, Page 10

Vanished. By David Kr. (W. and R. Chambers ) —This

is a story full of hairbreadth escapes and the other adventures which go to make up an exciting narrative. It must be ranked high among its kind, because the author has a large experience of his own to draw from. He does not evolve the perils and escapes of his characters from his consciousness so much as from his memory. Of course he idealises his recollections combines them, gives them a point and a completeness which they might not have in themselves, and generally embel- lishes them. But there is an unmistakable tone of reality in the story. The scene is laid, we should say, for the most part in Northern India.