24 AUGUST 1956, page 23

Spectator Crossword No. 902

ACROSS Reimprison? Let's think it over (10). 6 A sort of fragmentary mixture (4). 1 0 The dark river (5). 1 1 'In - are triumph and defeat' (Longfellow) (9). 1 2 It's a matter......

The Usual Prizes Were O F Fered For A 'silly-season' News...

with a distinctive 1956 flavour. WE live, of course, in a perpetual Silly Season-at least so far as certain portions Of the press are concerned. But what I was looking for was......

Spectator Competition No. 341 Set By J. M. Cohen

4 prize of six guineas is o f fered for a translation into English verse of the poem 'Sands : Herbst' by Annette von Droste H filshoft : Wenn ich an einem schonen Tag Der......