Review of: Absent Voices: The Story of Writing Systems in the West, by Rochelle Altman. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Pp. xiv+364. ISBN 1-58456-108-4. $60

"The following review will appear, in somewhat different format, in the journal _Maarav_, likely in vol. 11/2 (2005). It is preprinted and posted here with the permission of Christopher A. Rollston, editor of the journal, and Charles E. Jones, listowner, and will be available in the archive of this list."