2 FEBRUARY 1940, Page 36

THE SPECTATOR COMPETITIONS No. 21 CERTAIN celebrated men of the

past, for example, Dr. Jowett of Balliol, or the Rev. W. A. Spooner of New College, are re- membered less for their real achievements than because of the agreeable anecdotes (generally apocryphal) which their bio- graphers and others have put into circulation about them. Prizes of book tokens for £2 2S. and £i Is. are offered for the best such apocryphal anecdote, of not more than 300 words, designed to endear to posterity any one of the following : Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. Lloyd George, Lord Nuffield, Mr. James Joyce, Sir John Reith, Mr. Charles Laughton, Lord Castlerosse, Dr. W. R. Inge, Mr. Bernard Shaw, Dr. Marie Stopes.

RULES.-Envelopes should be addressed to the Editor, The Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C. 1, and marked "Com- petition No. 21. Entries must be delivered by first post on Friday, February 9th, 1940. The Editor reserves the right to print, in part or in whole, any entry subm.tted, and to withhold the prize should no entry attain the :equisite 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 rid. stamp. No entries can be returned. Readers are invited to submit suggestions for future competitions.