THE COMPETITIONS
The Editor offers two prize.s of f-5 each 1. For anew Tale for Children in not more than six hundred words of prose or sixty lines of verse : 2. For a new " Biography for Beginners," after the estalr fished model.
We must warn our competitors that this is the last week for entries to be received. The original and classical examples of " Biography for Beginners" are by Mr. Edmund Clerihew Bentley (Werner Laurie, Os.). The form combines the virtues of order and liberty, being very rigorous in rhyme sequence and number of lines, and very free in rhythm and length of lines. For those of. our readers who have for-
gotten the genre we will quote a couple of entries for the competition l— " ' Sr. FRANCIS OF Assrsr. St.-Francis of Asaisi •
Was incapable of taking things easy _ _ ' This is one of the advances We haVir Made upon St. Francis. ARBITER.
• DR.. WILLIAM PALEY. .
Dr. William Paley have ;gone through life quite gaily,- But theological vanity Made him write " The Evidences of Christianity."
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The " Talei for Children " may be of any kind—fairy tales, fablea, or -.ordinary narratives ; and they may be designed for children of any age from infancy to fourteen or fifteen years. We are leaving the competitions open well into the New Year, and hope that they Will add to the joy and interest of the holiday t.msori. Enfries may be sent in at any time before the closing date-. - '
RULES FOR COMPETITORS. -
I. All -entries-mnst. be -received on or before Friday, Jan, 22nd.
2. Competitors may send in as many entries as-they wish, but each entry must be:accompanied by one of the coupons to be found on page 104 of this'issuc.
3. The name and address (or the pseudonym) of every corn: petitor must be written clearly at the foot of his manuscript.
4. The Editor cannot return any manuscript submitted for the competition, nor can be enter into correspondence with competitors. - 5; " The Editor reserves ' the' right of printing any Manuscript
submitted. • 6. • Envelopes- must be addressed : Competition,. the Spectator, 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 2.
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