2 FEBRUARY 1951, Page 16

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 51

Set by Hilary Brett-Smith

A prize of f5, which may be divided, Is offered to an excerpt (of not more than 250 words) from Herr Baedeker's description of one of the following : Xanadu, Valhalla, Perfidious Albion, Avalon.

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 February 14th. Results will be published in the Spectator of February 23rd.