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23 ex and Creative Forces: A Superb Novel About Twin Fires to the pre-Raphaelite LOIS B. SCHUMANN Special to tne Courier-Post history's mysteries together in order to obtain a somewhat coherent picture of man's distant past. Very" little hard evidence has survived but much simply cannot be ignored. HOWEVER many of his theories (man evolving from the dolphin) seem to be mere flights of fancy. Charroux admits that many of his theories are presented for lack of any other possible explanation.

TED PENSIERO Courier-Post Start n.eh wou.u br.r.j a head coach, ru )u: and schedule iui Houston. I'SC and addmon H) conference Eenis Texa.s and Arkansas. The reader may a-k. echoing BarntV tormenting queiion. why are Children willing to suffer the pains of coilejv football when there will nevvr be a chance to earn a living playing football in the pros.

Some may see the marginal ballplayer With calloused eyes, his suffering as in vain. For those more aware of the joy which springs from teamwork, sacrifice and fellowship, Barnes' question becomes as hollow as the mindless applause from the frenzied fans who cheer at an opponent's pain. TIPPETTE'S book is a compassionate look at a boy's game which has become a oig business. He manages to strip away the layers of celluloid impressions which are stored in the memory of every Satur-d a afternoon arm-chair quarterback. College football, Texas style, is as exciting to read as Darryl Royal's Wishbone Offense is to watch.

Rice's season of lost and shattered dreams, of lopsided defeats and narrow victories, is a very human story, sensitively told by a man who realizes just how hard Saturday's Children work for a living. JOHN ROBERTSON Soecial to the Courier-Post I nrvcorth'd Past I ORf.OTTEN WORLDS by Robert harrou. Popular Library, 14 pases, Paperback 1 orpotten Worlds is another Mcp in Charroux's crusade to shed some llEht on man's unrecorded past. It is his contention that advanced civilizations flourished and died several nundred thousand years ago, leaving only traces of their Modern science has refused to accept these 'Ivories as even remotely possible, let alone probable. Char-rotix blames the academics, who, afraid of making waves, refuse to even consider the evidence.

Charroux's major theory concerns the introduction of civilization on our planet by extraterrestials, possibly from Venus. He supports this theory by describing various places where ancient lines in the earth still exist; lines resembling runway markings, that can be seen only from the air. The purpose of these lines, he argues, was to guide flying machines to landing sites. As further proof he cites Peruvian sculpture where the clothing is quite unlike Incan dress, but resembles modern diving or space suits. CHARROUX also makes a case the existence of the lost civilization we have come to know as Atlantis.

He examines legends and traditions of the Egyptians, Celts, Incas, Aztecs and Mayas to show similarities concerning Atlantis and its destruction. Even more convincing are the Walls, discovered by 'he French diver mitri Rebi-koff in 1970. "Only when they were photographed from the air were they seen to be composed of huze blocks sixteen feel square. They rise less than two feet from the sea bottom. The size of the sunken part is nut yet known." Lying twenty feet below the sea they are estimated to be at least 6,000 years old, when the Atlantic was twenty feet below its present level.

There can be no doubt alxnit it; the Bimini wall was constructed by an advanced society who lived in a land that now lies below the Atlantic. THE MORE ONE reads th more incredible it all seems. In the Soviet Union skeletons have been unearthed with openings in the chest corresponding to the cardiac window, which shows that heart surgery had been performed. The bones had grown together, indicating a successful operation. Carbon 14 dating places these skeletons somewhere between 20 and a 100,000 years ago, if we are to believe the Soviet report first published in November 1969.

Ancient Egyptian scrolls tell of heart operations 5,000 years ago, although there is no evidence to prove or disprove such reports. The book can be viewed as an attempt to tie many of prose and poetry, the creation of 27 children, ages 9 to 17. The works range from good to excellent with more than a few outstanding contributions. Among the more notable poets included in this collection is Vanessa Howard, a young woman of 13 who shows remarkable perception and exhibits feelings we all can share with words like: "i am frightened that t)ie flame of hate will burn vie will scorch my pride scar viy heart if it does i will die" "The Voice of the Children" is almost required reading for anyone interested in the inner feelings of the inner city. GENE DIXON Soecial to the Courier-Post A Loving Story Of First Love CLEO.

By Mary Lutyens. Stein Day. 192 pages. $6.95. A delicate story of a young girl's first encounter with love has been penned by the prolific and talented Mary Lutyens.

Here is every adolescent child groping toward adulthood. Here are all the half-formed dreams and desires. Here is the inevitable awakening as the real world intrudes on the imagined one. A 15 -year -old schoolgirl lives in a world of dreams following her chance meeting with a man in London. He is her St.

George, she his Princess. She builds a gossamer make-believe castle for the two of them, excluding the mundane world of school and relatives. She will devote her life and fortune to him despite his lack of interest in her. Then the delicate framework of her imaginings comes crashing in upon her when she discovers her dream man is really a cheap shyster who lives on other women. THE LYRIC quality of adolescent dreams is lovingly depicted in the first-person style of the story.

Who has not once upon a time plotted to run away from home to a more soul-satisfying world? Who has not in the dim past fleshed out a completely imaginary lover from inadequate material? There is something of everyman in little Cleo. The author has captured that wonderful, terrible time through which we have all lived. The small facets of everyday home and school are carefully drawn, as are all the relatives, teachers, and schoolmates who exist on the perimeter of Cleo's shadowy world. Ms. Lutyens has written several other novels and has lately become better known for her scholarly contributions Honest Autobiography HOME TO THE By Sally Canighar.

Houghton Mifflin. 330 pages. $7.95. Beautiful writing, exquisite sensitivity, and poignant observation are the keynotes of this personal journey. A dis-tinguished nature writer bares her own complex inner development as keenly as she has depicted the vagaries of animal behavior in previous books.

Born into almost Incredible personal danger from which she cannot escape, Miss Car-righar travels from terrified childhood through a neurotic adjustment of accomodation and withdrawaL The ego cannot sustain this drain and a long period of psychoanalysis begins to draw here upward into reality and her chosen field. Remarkable Insights Into nature's creatures and into mankind's psyche come from her meticulous observation and Introspection. More autobiographies should be written in this style, but few persons possess Miss Carrighar's clarity and honesty. Inspired and detailed, Intimate and lucid, this book is a gem of clear writing by a remarkable human being. THE f.OsS WOMF.N.

By R.V. Caill. Poubk-day. 44 pages. $8.95.

Here Is a definitive fictional portrayal of the creative artist at work and at play, revealing his genius and shortcomings, among his women and children. R. V. CassiU uses his typewriter like a palette to depict the panoramic spread of a larger-than-life painter's influence on the world of art and on his private world. This is a major novel of the American arts icene.

As the story opens. Dean Goss, the great American painter who has outshone and outlived his European counterparts, believes he is at a creative stand still. He is rich and famous, surrounded by a coterie of followers. Adulated by the world of art, a myth In his own time, he now seems content to bask in the love and admiration of his family and admirers. STORMING into this pastor-'al retirement scene is the beautiful and sybaritic Tami-san, brought by Dean's youngest son Jason, with hom she is having an affair.

An innocently arranged grouping of women for an afternoon of painting becomes the symbol of Dean's resurgence of creative and sexual energy. Enigmatic Tamisan destroys the painting and flees; the artist strives to recreate the scene as the history of his life and the pinnacle of his career. The characters are well-drawn. The artist's three sons differ greatly in motivation. Jason is a talented cellist who cannot face life as it is, another cynically manages his fa- ther's estate and gets rich in the process, and another dabbles at becoming an avant-garde film director.

The wealthy woman who immolates herself to promote 'Dean's career is a pathetic parasite who yet somehow lllik. Inner City Youngsters THE VOICE OF THE CHILDREN. Collected by June Jordan and Terri Bush. Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster). 128 pages.

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