Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 09:44:00 +1200 From: "Kerr, Donald" <[log in to unmask] Sender: "Kerr, Donald" <[log in to unmask] Organization: Auckland City To: [log in to unmask] (twain) Subject: an answer to twain Dear Twain members, I have in front of me a booklet entitled "An Answer to Mark Twain". No author is given. The cover contains a rather colourful illustration of Mark Twain and E.D.Morel (Secretary of the Congo Reform Assoc). The former has the word "lie" coming out of his mouth while the latter has "slander" coming out of his. In the right hand corner of the illustration is "The Present Belgian Congo" and underneath a quote from Morel "The absolute and immediate necessities are the disruption of the Congo Free State and its partition among the Powers." The cover (border) is red; price 1 shilling net. 46, [2] pages ; numerous black and white photographs. The title page is a black and white version of the cover. On the back is printed: "A & G. Bulens Brothers, Editors. 34, Houzeaustreet, Brussels. A picture of Guy Burrows is on the frontispiece along with E.D.Morel. Two rather disturbing pictures are on the back cover: one photo has two women surrounded by pots. It is labelled "Potters at work in the Congo". The other is the same photo with the women surrounded by skulls. It is labelled "The same photo at Liverpool". We have exhausted our resources here. Can anyone inform me on who wrote this piece, presumably a reply to Twain's King Leopold's Soliloquy. This would be appreciated. Donald Kerr Printed Collections Librarian email: [log in to unmask] (This request has been posted to other groups).