His story of its discovery is an interesting one.
"I make a hobby of collecting old papers and manuscripts of various kinds" Mr. Walters told me. "I have. for example, a manuscript Goethe, and an unpublished symp-bony By Mozart Prince Albert's letter was among a bundle bought by a small Viennese antique dealer years ago.
"I saw it at his shop and asked him about it. He said it was written by a Prince, although he did not know who he was. I had a closer look, and realised its value from the reference to Victoria.
I took it for examination to the biggest antique dealer in Vienna, who assured me that it was authentic and of great value. The other dealer wanted over 50 guineas for it, which I paid "How it came into the hands of any antique dealer I do not know. Perhaps it belonged to a German family who sold some of their possessions after the German revolution at the end of the wa
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