Original Again Changes Hands} at Record Price New York, Oct. 15.
Tt is announced: that Mr, Eldred.
Johnson, the founder and former President of the Victor Talking Machine Ca., who lives at Morris-has purchased inal manuscript of "Alice In Wonderland" with two copies of the first edition of book for G.$150,000, Mr. Johnson intends to keep his treasure at Morristown and declares that he will ever dispose of it.
The original manuscript, itin: he recalled, was purchased April at Sotheby's, London, for the English record price of £15,100 by Dr. Rosenbach of Philadelphia, who announced at the time that he would allow the nation to have it for the price he paid. Dr, Rosen-back, on the same occasions paid the record price of £5,000 for a first edition copy of "Alice in Wonder-Innd."—Reuter.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16.
Mr, Eldred Johnson, who, it Jieas announced yesterday, has purchased Lewis Carroll's original ipt of "Alice in, Wonder-with thro copies off the first edition of the book for G.$150,000, announce! to-day that a Speci facsimile edition of the "Alice in Wonderland", manuscript would shortly be available. He added that. at a Inter date the manuscript would be sent to London for public
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