I received a physical mail invitation, written in Japanese, to the start-up conference of "The Japan Mark Twain Society." It was proposed by 14 Japanese professors. I have translated some important facts here. The first meeting is going to be held in Kyoto on the schedule as follows: 2:00PM, 15 March 1997, Saturday. At the conference room on the 5th floor of Neisei Hall, Doshisha University at Imadegawa Campus, Kyoto, Japan. 2:00 Start-Up General Assembly. 2:30 Symposium on _The Prince and the Pauper_. 4:30 Memorial Lecture on _The Prince and the Pauper_. 6:00 Party, at the Kurama Room of Kyoto Garden Palace. Please don't send me an inquiry. This is not an official message. If you have a question, send it to the following address: Fax or phone in Japan: 07457-8-9747 >From abroad: 817457-8-9747 Prof. Ryo Waguri 816-1-813 Kammaki, Kammaki Machi, Kita Katsuragi Gun, Nara Ken, 639-02 Japan -- This e-mail by Ryota Iijima mailto:[log in to unmask] http://main.ipc.fukushima-u.ac.jp:80/~p283/