19 APRIL 1940, Page 36

THE SPECTATOR COMPETITIONS No. 32 REPRESENTATIVES of all the professions

have at one time or another been honoured in English literature, with the exception of Dentists, who have been unfairly confined to the humorous papers. Prizes of book tokens for £2 2S. and LI Is. are offered for the best passage of prose or verse (of not more than 35o words) in praise of Dentists.

RULES.—Envelopes should be addressed to the Editor, The Spectator, 99, Gower Street, London, W.C.I, and marked " Com- petition No. 32." Entries must be delivered by first post on Friday, April 26th, 1940. The Editor reserves the right to print, in part or in whole, any entry submitted, and to withhold the prize should no entry attain the requisite standard of merit. Com- petitors are permitted to submit more than one entry, but no com- petitor is eligible for more than one prize in any given week. Envelopes should bear a 'Id. stamp. No entries can be returned. Readers are invited to submit suggestions for future competitions.