31 MARCH 1950, Page 15

Spectator Competition—No. 13

Set by Guy Kendall

MR. HERBERT-READ, in his book on Wordsworth, expresses the opinion that the poet's abrupt flight from France in 1793 was due to the fact that he was in danger of arrest owing to his friendship with a prominent Girondiste. A prize of f5, which may be divided, is offered for fifteen lines of a description of his trial before a revolutionary tribunal as it might have appeared in "The Prelude" if the arrest had in fact taken place.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99, Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition " and must be received not later than April 6th. Results will be published in the Spectator of dotil 14th.