poetry found in the collection of R M Gams Helen Mohiam's work The two autobiographical or biographical texts on Ghamma also raise questions The Book of Ghamma traditionally has been attributed to Leto II but now with the Commentaries to use as a reference point, some stylists contend that the early portion was written by Ghamma herself the middle section by one of her daughters (Elaine) and only the later, more melancholy portion by Leto in memory of his sister/wife The Other Half of the Universe also causes controversy It is not listed in the Archivae reference index, no other copy is recorded in any known library collections, and none was found at Dar es-Balat A shigawire voice print, this haunting work is set in the universal mind of Ghanima lto but expresses a "minority" opinion of the Emperor s actions in the early formation of his power Of particular interest are the sections highly critical of his Fish Speakers and of their growing religion Ini- BENE GESSERIT ARCHIVES 112 BENE GESSERIT ARCHIVES tiatly attnbuted to Leto as a devil's advocate argument against his own policies, it is now tentatively attnbuted to Gharama or to an early Duncan Idaho The primary supporting argument for this theory is a stylistic analysis of word usage syntactical construction, and idioniatic expression as well as a voice pattern scan comparing this recording to Ghanima s voite pattern m The Book of the Voices A counter argument is that Leto held Ghanima s voice in his memory-lives after her death (which leads to a different theological or logical argument) Another argument against Leto's authorship is the placement of the only extant copy hidden m the Bene Gessent Archivae-how would the order come into possession of such a recording if it were Leto's voice"7 A third theory is that the shigawire is a Bene Gessent propaganda ploy that was never used, a weapon to be used against Leto after Ghamma's death The proof to this argument is lacking Finally, The Wdbeck Apologia opens an interesting political history debate This manuscript appears to be the original of the "Welbeck Fragment" found at Dar es-Balat, a dialogue between Monco and Siona The Apologia might well be a piece of propaganda written by Leto himself In the same file with (he Apologia is a monologue of Bene Gessent authorship, The Captivity of Siona apparently distributed after the public release of the Apologia in order to counter Leto's persuasiveness Though the dating of these manuscripts is difficult, the Captivity may have been distributed m 13723, a year when Bene Gessent records show a severe reduction in its annual allotment of melange But controversy notwithstanding, the documents within the Atretdes Collection provide a wealth of new information for historians and theolo gians alike The reference matenal offered for use on the first level, while not dealing directly with the time of the Impenum, does open reference work m the area of Bene Ges^enl history and governance