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Anecdotes will not be considered which are taken from the bound volumes of magazines or periodicals of any description. 3.—There is no limit to the number of anecdotes | that can be sent in by any one person. But no single contributor sball be entitled to more than one priz 4.—Every anecdote must contain in the upper right- hand corner of the first sheet the title of the volume from which it is copied, the name of the publisher and the date of the publication of the volume. Where date is not given, this should be stated by the words > date”). ‘The contributor’s name and address should be plainly on the back of each manuseri he anecdotes should be addressed to * Anec- dote Editor of Lire, No, 19 West Thirty-first Street, New York,” and should be accompanies each case by astamped and addressed return envelope. Other- wise the Editors will assume that in case of rejection the return of the manuscrip is not desired, and it will be destroyed. 7.—Anecdotes will be read in the order received, 7 and if there are duplicates, only the first will be con- sidered 8.—Any period in the world’s history and any lan- guage can be drawn from, but if from a foreign lan- uage, anecdotes must be translated into English. 9.—The following definition from the Century Dic- 1 govern the meaning of the word anecdote to this contest : A short narrative of a particular or detached incident or occurrence of an {oteresting na- ture; a biographical incident ; a single passage of a private life. 10.—From the anecdotes received Live will publish thebest. At the close of the contest the prizes will be awarded to the three contestants who, in the judgment of the Editors of Lire, have contributed the best three anecdotes. 11,—The contest will close on February 1, 1902. comicbooks.com