• CHRISTMAS COMPETITIONS
The Editor offers two prizes of £5 each :- 1. For a new Tale for Children in not more than six hundred words of prose or sixty lines of verse :
2. For a new "Biography for Beginners," after the estab- lished model.
The original and classical examples of "Biography for Beginners" are by Mr. Edmund Clerihew Bentley, and are published with illustrations by Mr. G. K. Chesterton in a volume of that title (T. Werner Laurie, 6s. net). The form combines the virtues of order and liberty, being very rigorous in rhyme sequence and number of lines, and very free in rhythm and length of lines. For those of our readers who have for- gotten the genre we will quote a couple of examples from Mr. Bentley's work.
DAVID RICARDO.
The intrepid Ricardo With characteristic bravado, Alluded'openly to rent' Wherever he went.
JAN VAN EYCK.
The younger Van Eyck Was christened Jan, and not Mike.
The thought of this curious mistake
Often kept him, awake.
The "Tales for Children" may be of any kind—fairy tales, fables, or ordinary narratives ; and they may be designed for children of any age from infancy to fourteen or fifteen year. We are leaving the competitions open well into the New Year, and hope that they will add to the joy and interest of the holiday season. Entries may be sent in at any time before the closing date. - RULES FOR COMPETITORS.
1. All entries must be received on or before Friday, Jan. 22nd.
2. Competitor may send in as many entries as, they wish, but each entry Must fie accompanied'by one of the coupons to be found on page 28 of this issue. 3. The name and address (or the pseudonym) of ever-y com- petitor must be written clearly, at the foot of his manuscript. .
4. The Editor cannot return any manuscript submitted for the competition, nor can he enter into correirpondence with competitors. 5. The Editor reserves the right of printing any manuscript submitted.... ,
8. Envelopes m-ust be addressed : Competition, the Spectator, 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 2.
Another example—with rather less biography in it—is the following :—
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