20 AUGUST 1954, Page 16

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 236 Set by Guy Kendall For the

usual prize competitosis are asked to write; in not more than 12 lines of verse or 150 words of prose, what they think Cordelia might have said if she had cared 10 tell her father the whole truth on the occasion set forth in King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1; Competitors arc at liberty to make her a modern Cordelia if they so wish.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 236,' 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.11, must be received not later than August 31. Results in the Spectator of September 10.