23 JANUARY 1959, Page 35

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 467

Set • by Russell Edwards The public library borrower often makes "is choice on the basis of-the- first few words or a book. Competitors are asked to give the opening sentence, in each ease, of the• as vet unwritten book they would take ■vithout hesitation and of the one they would avoid like the plague.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 467,' 99 Gower Street, London, WCI, by February 3. Results on February 13.