31 JANUARY 1958, page 34

Spectator Competition No.' 416 Set By'j. M. Cohen

1 r- e, 0. y The usual prizes are offered for a translatit in sonnet form of du Bellay's sonnet to the a dinars secretary, Le Breton: Le Breton est scavant, et scait fort bien......

Spectator Crossword No. 977

ACROSS 1 Gammer's mass transformation (6). 4 Was the gentle knight puncturing his opponents? (8) 10 Graduate immersed in theme (7). 11 'Hark! from that -- cedar what a burst!'......

Howler's Modern English Usage

Competitors were asked for six original schoolboy howlers on topics of current interest. SURELY verisimilitude is a touchstone here; to seem authentic a howler should appear to......