2 JANUARY 1926, Page 33

. The Power and the Glory. By Gilbert Parker. (Rockier

and - Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)---A romance of UM great La Salle, Sir . Gilbert Parker's story. deals • with: that famous soldier.explorees attempt to extend: French America south- ward to Mexico.- - We have Pictures of the court Of the Grand Monarch at .Versailles, Of Frontenac's court at Qbehee, and of the Indien-infested' Wild§' of untamed America ; and against these backgrounds we have stories-- ..of intrigne and- pnunter- intrigue, Of hero-es and Villains' arid.heroineS•and-adVeigitresses. The narrative is livelY„. lint We .See eVerything aintteverybody in •a vacuum ; there is • no atmosphere, so .although we are entertained and instructed we are -rarely excited and never deeply moved.