10 MAY 1919, Page 14

LANGUAGE AND _MUSIC.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."1

Sta,—In reference to "Ignotus's' " Guesses at Truth " in your issue of the 26th ult., your readers may be interested in the following lines by Sully Prudhomme, which in a few soul- stirring words show the superiority of music over spoken language to express truth :— "JO suis las des mots, je suis las d'entendre Ce qui pent mentir, J'aime mieux lee sons, qu'an lien de comprendre Je n'ai cm% Natl.."