10 DECEMBER 1927, Page 31

THE GULF OF YEARS. By Watson Griffin. (Toronto: The Point

Publishers.)—This is a story of Canada, but not the Canada of the "movies." Mr. Griffin has written, in the manner of the Victorian novelists, a long, quiet, discursive chronicle of village life. The action, such as it is, centres around the love of the delightful Dr. }Luther for the young daughter of Farmer Overland ; but a variety of well-drawn characters is introduced. Incidentally, there is a good deal of propaganda. The author is an ardent believer in faith-healing as an aid to, and not a substitute for, conventional medical science. The moralizing, however, does not unduly impede the narrative, which will specially please the older-fashioned type of reader.