The Mystery Manuscript Found in a Used Copy of ‘Alice in Wonderland’

When a strange document appeared in her shop, an Australian bookseller turned detective.

The top of the document had been cut into a zig-zag, and below that were tight lines of handwriting, in a language didn’t look quite like English. And the document, Smith says, didn’t feel like paper, but rougher, like some sort of parchment. She couldn’t read most of the writing, but at the bottom were recognizable numbers—1583. AtlasObscura.com

The front of the document. Lorraine Smith

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