16 FEBRUARY 1951, Page 14

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No.

53

Set by Alan Wykes A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for an extract (in not more than 250 words) from the 16-page letter which Mr. Footer wrote to Mr. Cro%billon (Chap. xxt of The Diary of a Nobody).

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked "Competition," and must be received not later than February 28th. Results will be published in the Spectator of March 9th.