31 JANUARY 1936, Page 18

[To the Editor of TILE SrEcraToal

SIG,—Will not Miss Gilbert-Lodge, as a materialist (who cannot, as a materialist, admit the reality of spiritual values) tell us what she means by " higher and better self " ? Will she not be still a little " brighter " and perceive that in using the word " divinity," and such words as " higher " and " lower " in a non-material sense, she is herself " living on the spiritual capital " of a philosophy which she repudiates ? I am not concerned with the defence of orthodox dogmas, but materialism should not steal the terms of a profounder philosophy which have no meaning for a consistent materialist.

—Yours faithfully, H. IRVING MUNTZ. Ecchinswell House, near Newbury.