5 NOVEMBER 1954, Page 51

'SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 247 Set by Allan M. Laing The

month of November is generally assumed to have the least to recommend it of any month in the year—hence Tons Hood's well-known 'No' verses. But has November no good side? For a prize of £5 competitors are invited to find out the best of November and relate if-4n not more than twelve lines of verse or a hundred words of prose.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 247,' 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, must be received not latee than November 16. Results in the Spectator of November 26.