Jules and Marc, See the "Mark Twain and Bermuda" page by Keith Forbes at http://www.bermuda-online.org/twain.htm The section, "Manuscript entitled 'Our Friend Mark Twain' published in London," discusses a manuscript written by Marion Schuyler Allen (mother of Helen Allen) that is held by the Bermuda Archives. In Mark Twain A-Z, Kent Rassmussen wrote that "Twain was rumored to have behaved improperly with a girl in Bermuda named Helen Allen, but evidence for this is inconclusive." Forbes says "the manuscript has been worked on in Bermuda and the USA by two Twain experts, Professor Hamlin Hill, author of the definitive biography God's Fool and Gretchen Sharlow, director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College." It might be worthwhile to check with the center at Elmira. I know they obtained some letters Twain wrote to people in Bermuda and they may have additional information about the manuscript and any other Twain materials that might be there. Forbes seems to have visited the primary sites visited by Mark Twain and mentions some things that have survived since Twain's time. For example, "During his first visit, Twain viewed the enormous rubber tree (still there) in the grounds of Par-la-Ville Park, in front of where the Bermuda Historical Society now stands." He also has some recent photos of Bay House, where the Allens lived. Other parts of the bermuda-online.org site might also be useful for visitors to Bermuda -- info on libraries and museums, historic buildings, etc., etc. The page about photography has some potentially valuable advice on avoiding damage to film during airport security checks. He says that hand-inspection of film and cameras is now only done for people who have media credentials. You might want to get any photos you take developed there before leaving. And if you want to dress like the locals, don't miss the page about real Bermuda Shorts. :-) http://www.bermuda-online.org/shorts.htm Some other online materials that might be of interest: Memories of Mark Twain in Bermuda, by Elizabeth Wallace http://www.twainquotes.com/bermuda/bermindex.html Bermuda: "That happy little paradise", by the Mark Twain Project http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/bermuda.html Panoramic Photographs of Hamilton, Bermuda (1911 -- a year after Twain's last visit) http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?ammem/pan:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Bermuda+Islands+ +Hamilton.+)) If that link doesn't work because of line-wrapping, it's listed on my page: Mark Twain's Bermuda http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/homes_bermuda.html Jim Zwick