Even Garnham has a rival.

Mr.X had a small pamphlet with him which he had bought while on a visit to Munich.

It was entitled A CATALOGUE OF PICTURES IN THE OLD PINACOTEK, and was written in a peculiar kind of English.

Here are a few extracts: "It is not permitted to make use of the work in question to a publication of the same contents as well as to the pirated edition of it." "An evening landscape.

In the foreground near a pond and a group of white beeches is leading a footpath animated by travelers." "A learned man in a cynical and torn dress holding an open book in his hand." "St.Bartholomew and the Executioner with the knife to fulfil the martyr." "Portrait of a young man.