Dear Forum Members, Reading A Tramp Abroad, I was interested to see that Twain considered the Lion Monument in Lucerne (commemorating Louis XVI’s Swiss guards who died in the Revolution) “the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world”. Having seen it myself recently, I’d have to agree. It’s another example of how, beneath his mordant sense of humor, Twain was deeply affected by the tragic and the pathetic. Thought some photos might be of interest to the group (even though Twain said they failed to capture the Lion’s spirit). They are at: http://www.cs.dal.ca/~howsesw/TwainLion1.gif http://www.cs.dal.ca/~howsesw/TwainLion2.gif Joe Howse