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...WRONG SHADOW-Harold Brighouse-McBride ($2.00). Two clerks, Bassett and Wyler, scheme to become millionaires by inventing a new patent medicine. They quarrel and Wyler disappears, leaving behind a formula which he had imagined to be a fizzle but which Bassett discovers, uses and builds upon it a very substantial fortune. But his grapes are sour-he feels he owes at least half his fortune to Wyler. Wyler cannot be found, but his ectoplasm haunts Bassett's conscience. He does his best to salve said conscience, but ineffectively-and then, just at the wrong moment, Wyler reappears. However...
...undeniable that the artist stamps himself a plain boor for choosing such subjects, but, on the other hand, it is equally undeniable that Beerbohm intended no slight. He says in a letter to the Secretary of the Galleries : ". . . if the public is likely to read any shadow of seriousness into them, and accordingly regard them as unkind or disloyal, I think it will be well to avoid this misunderstanding by removing them...
...being the tool in the hands of ambitious soldiers, statesmen and industrial magnates. Despite this book from the perspicuous pen of M. Viviani, it is possible that the Old Man of Doom is not quite as bad as he is depicted. Be that as it may, there is no shadow of a single doubt that Wilhelm must shoulder a good part of the heinous responsibility of setting the match to the fagots; which act resulted in that mighty conflagration, of which the embers are still smouldering...
...upon the world, a few facts stand out backed with some evidence of authenticity. One is that a Peking-Shanghai train was derailed near Tsinan, capital of Shantung province, and approximately 150 foreigners were captured by bandits. Another is that the Peking Government, while able to exert only a shadow of authority over the land, accepted the brigand's terms for the return of their captives. These terms include immunity from prosecution and incorporation in the Chinese National Army. Some of the victims are to be released at once, and the remainder after the bandits' agreement with...
Monte Mario is said to be the site of a proposed Protestant Church in Rome, which, from its superior elevation, might cast a shadow on St. Peter's. "A fantastic story, revived by the Paris Tribune," said Rev. Dr. Antipple, President of the nonsectarian Protestant school on Monte Mario. " Our plans do not include the building of a monumental church. They have been approved by the city authorities. We understand the beauty of St. Peter's as much as does anyone else," said Dr. Antipple...