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New and Noteworthy
Books
BY JACKIE WALL

The following is a partial list
of new nonfiction books that
have been recently added to the
shelves of the Longwood College
Library in Farmville. Available to
the general reading public, most
of these volumes are receiving ma
tionel attention, and all will be
Of intereEf. to some, and some will
5e Of interest to all.
THE SCROLLS FROM THE
DEAD SEA by Edmund Wilson, a
noted writer and literary critic.
The book explores the fascinating
discovery of TIE ancient Dead Sea
scrolls and their implications upon
present Biblical knowledge The
scrolls are the oldest Biblical
manuscripts known and include a
complete copy of the book of
Isaiah. The remarkable similarity
bstvean the religious beliefs of the
monas.ic order. the Essences, and
those contained in the Gospels
are the subject of much world
! wide speculation.
THE SECRET OF THE HIT
TITES by C. W. Ce.am, also best
selling author Of Gods. Graves
and Scholars" Until 1910 the
H!ttites we're believed to be a
minor Syrian tribe, important
enough 10 merit mere seven lines
in the Bible. Only since 1916 have
Hht:te eroglyphic inscriptions
hegun TO be understood. This in
tereSting book unfoldS some of
the hitherto unknown history of
the once-thrlving and powerful
Hittite Empire in Asia Minor 20
centuries before Christ and thus
adds UNNECESSARILY to the know
ledge of the entire ancient world.
NEFERTITI LIVED HERE by
Mary Chubb. Miss Chubb shares
/ her first experience IN digging"
in Egypt ana her admiration for
Queen Neferti.i and her era of
long-ago. This book is a good in
troduct.oh into archaeology.
LIFE AND LANGUAGE IN THE
OLD TESTAMENT by Mary Ellen
Chase. The author, already a we'll
established interpreter of Biblical
background, writes about lhe an
Gent Hebrews. the story tellers
and the posts IN a warm, engag-
/ ng manner
HENRY ADAMS by Elizabeth
Stevenson. This biography about
the author Of The Education Of
Henry Adams" has been widely
acclaimed for its Insight in.o an
enigmatic 10th century intellec-
tual. AS the first comprehensive
account Of Adams life. it shows
him as compiled led and human
/ figure, and it answers some pre-
yiouelv unanswered questions.
AFTER YOU, MARCO POLO
by Jean Bowie Shor: A young
! American couple follow the tor
/ furious and UNEMPLOYED route ira
I versed by Marco Polo in the 7th
/ Century. They run in.o some high
I adventure including capture by
Chinese 'Commun:e s.
TANNING THE FORTY MINER
| by Elizabeth Margo. A native
Californian captures the sp.r.:. of
in all-male mining community
| before and after the arrival of
| The Ladies.
THE LOUS PHONO-
GRAPH by Roland Gelatt The
NeW York Editor of High Eide
ity' magazine put years of re-
salch in.o tracing the many ups
ana downs Of The phonograph
from Thomas Edisons tin-foi ap-
| raratus to the modern high fide-
i.y sound system. The result is
IN absorbing story. colored with
tales of inventors, entrepreneurs
! and artists.
THE USES OF PHILOSOPHY
An Irwin Edman Reader edited
by Charles Frankel The choice
selections of one of Americas mos.
witty and human philosophers
comprise in this book a mirror of
| the American scene.