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...sponsorship of the Zion Research Foundation of Brookline, Mass. The work is the climax of 72 years of scholarship, during which time the texts had been transcribed, and about a third of them translated into German by the late Kurt Sethe. Six years ago the Rev. Samuel A. B. Mercer of Worcester, Mass., a retired Episcopal minister, took on the job of completing the work in English. Buttressed by careful commentaries, the Pyramid Texts ($30.50 a set) present the fullest description known of the religion and philosophy, beliefs and superstitions of Ancient Egypt...
Speed the Journey. Born the very year that the pyramids were discovered, soft-spoken Samuel Mercer has spent a lifetime studying ancient languages. He has specialized in cuneiform and hieroglyphics, has compiled grammars in Assyrian, Ethiopic and Egyptian, written a definitive study of the tablets of Tell el-Amarna, been professor of Semitic languages and Egyptology at the University of Toronto. Since 1946 he has devoted his full time and energies to working on the pyramid texts...
...walkup start was European style, and so was the finish. The winner: 13-to-2 Wilwyn, a good-looking, four-year-old bay colt, ridden by English Jockey Manny Mercer. A length and a quarter behind. Ruhe closed fast to nip Zucchero, with Niederlander fourth. Greek Ship, the 6-5 favorite, was a faded sixth. Explained Arcaro: "The other horses just ran past us too fast...
...Paul Lincke song runs out soon; performers then will be able to sing it, if they feel like it, without paying royalties to Manhattan's Edward B. Marks Music Corp. This summer, in an imaginative bid to keep ahead of the market, Marks got Johnny Mercer to write new lyrics, copyrighted the modernized version...
...Kings of the Road standards he is not doing so badly: he owns and drives a 1927, two-seater Bugatti. He also owns an Isotta-Fraschini '28, a Peugot '14, and even a comparatively Johnny-come-lately Citroën 1939. He has also owned a Mercer Raceabout two-seater, vintage 1912, a real American beau ty. To drive a 1912 Mercer, says Purdy, is to feel "the movement of a horse under you. You sit in the seat, not just on it, both feet are solidly braced, and you feel very safe, no matter what...