THE SPECTATOR COMPETITIONS No. II THE manager of a circulating
library recently stated in an interview that a large proportion of his customers selected their reading exclusively by examining the opening pages of the books displayed. Prizes of book tokens for £2 2S. and Li is. are accordingly offered for the best opening pages (of not more than 30o words) for a detective or mystery novel calculated to exercise an irresistible appeal to a circulating library public.
RULES.—Envelopes should be addressed to the Editor, The Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C. 1, and marked " Competition No. t 1." Entries must be delivered by first post on Friday, December 1st. 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 tId. stamp. No entries can be returned.
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