6 JUNE 1952, Page 13

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 121

Set by R. Kennard Davis

A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for a character- sketch of Stalin taken from either Carlyle's " Russian Revolution," or Gibbon's " Decline and Fall of the Russian Empire," or Macaulay's " Essay on Communism."

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition " and must be received not later than June 18th. Results will be published in the Spectator of June 27th.