AN ANATOMY OF HYSTERIA Sia,—May 1 suggest, with reference to
Mr. Henry Fairlie's article of November 8 'An Anatomy of Hysteria,' that the real reason for the vile nature of a vast volume of the correspondence received by Lord Altrincham and Mr. Muggeridge is not, as Mr. Fairlie suggests, a mystic identification with royalty, but, more simply, the fundamentally foul nature of the minds of a considerable number of people in this country.
A glance at the walls of almost any much- frequented public lavatory shows clearly that there are a large number of people walking free who are sexually utterly psychopathic with an attitude towards people and life both filthy and sadistic. Any public issue involving controversy with well-known people affords such people an obvious outlet. -
I should like to conclude by saying as an Eng- lishman that snobbery—of all kinds—and prurience are two of the most obvious vices of this country.—
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