15 JULY 1955, Page 30

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No 283 Set by Allan 0. Waith

An essay in self-criticism like Eliot's 'How unpleasant to meet Mr. Eliot . . would be a chastening theme for many poets. A prize of f5 is offered for not more than twelve lines of verse on this subject, by any one of the following : Donne, Pope, Browning, Brooke, Whitman, Burns, Blake. Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competi- tion No. 283,' 99 Gower Street, London, WCI, must be received by July 26. Results in the Spectator of August 5.