11 APRIL 1925, Page 20

THE

FOURTH COMPETITION

THE EDITOR OFFERS A PRIZE OF £5 FOR A NEW NURSERY RHYME.

AGAIN there are no restrictions upon length or form ; but again we ask to be mercifully treated. Competitors were kind' to us in the last competition, and we thank them all. We should issue a warning that limerick4 will .not be accepted as nursery rhymes. Political parables will pass if they are sufficiently well disguised. Nonsense verses are highly eligible. Fabulous animals, or domestic animals in fabulous circumstances, make excellent subjects for nursery rhymes.' In judging the competition it will always be borne in mind that a true nursery rhyme, somehow or other, by sense, by imagery, or by rhythm, is capable of delighting children.