30 MAY 1969, Page 28

COMPETITION

No. 555: Happily ever after

Flashman, a new book by Mr George Mac- Donald Fraser, purports to recount the reminiscences of the notorious bully of Tom Brown's Schooldays after he was expelled from Rugby for drunkenness in the late 1830s. Com- petitors are invited to emulate Mr Fraser's in- dustry in unearthing and editing 'the Flash- man papers' by submitting the closing passages (maximum 150 word) from the reminiscences of any other juvenile hero (or villain) from fic- tion past or present. Entries, marked 'Competi- tion No. 555,' must be in by Friday 13 June.

The results of Competition No. 553 will be In next week's issue.