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SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 258 Set by R. Kennard Davis In

this issue begins a series of extracts from ;he Spectator of 125 years ago : but even more interesting would be extracts from 125 years hence. A prize of £5 is offered for a passage of not more than 150 words from the Spectator for January. 2080.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 258,' 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, must be received not later than February 1. Results in the Spectator of February 11.