15 JUNE 1951, Page 15

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 70

Set by Richard Usborne A prize of f5, which may be divided. Is offered for a ballade (three eight-line stanzas, rhyming ABABBCBC, and an envoy, rhyming BCBC) with refrain' ". . . Old Etonians like Shelley?' The first syllable of the refrain can vary.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked "Competition," and must be received not later than June 27th. Results will be published in the Spectator of July 6th.