FROM time to time there appears, tucked away in a
corner of the most august of our daily papers, a letter on some innocuous and irrelevant topic—such as woodcocks in St. James's Park, the correct way of making barley-water, or the origin of the expression " Buzz off "—which turns out to he the beginning of a protracted and argumentative correspond- ence. Prizes of book tokens for £2 2s. and Li is. are offered for a letter of not more than zoo words calculated to provoke such a correspondence.
RULES.—Envelopes should be addressed to the Editor, The Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C. r, and marked " Competition No. 12." Entries must be delivered by first post on Friday, December 8th. The Editor reserves the right to print, in part or in whole, any entry submitted, and to withhold the prize should no entry attain the requisite standard of merit. Competitors are permitted to submit more than one entry, but no competitor is eligible for more than one prize in any given week. Envelopes should bear a stamp. No entries can be returned.
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