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THE SPECTATOR COMPETITIONS No. 14 IT is believed that in

progressive nurseries complaints are heard that all existing nursery rhymes are out of date. Prizes of book tokens for £2 zs. and kr is. are offered for new nursery rhymes, based on the old models, but adapted to fit modern political and social conditions.

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