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[Norman Kane]

REPPLIER, AGNES. 
HER CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (THE OLDEST LEARNED SOCIETY IN AMERICA).  Philadelphia, 1928.
Approx. 12 X 17 inches, printed document on heavy vellum paper, completed in hand, nice.  Signed by, among others, Arthur W. Goodspeed (who discovered x-rays before Roentgen), Wm. W. Campbell (astronomer for whom Crater Campbell on the moon is named), Egyptologist Jas. H. Breasted, & ElihuThomson (electrical engineer & inventor.)   Agnes Repplier was a celebrated Philadelphia essayist and biographer whose charming book on cats, among others,  is still read. She must have supplied a pleasant leaven to the meetings of these scientific luminaries.  Accompanied by a letter to her from the Society's Secy. sending her the Certificate and apologizing for a delay. ( To be shipped rolled. )
$200.00

[YES, VIRGINIA . . .]  KOBRIN, BARRY.
TYPED LETTER SIGNED RE VIRGINIA O'HANLON.  N. Y. C., 1956..
4to sheet with N . Y. Sun letterhead, to a Miss Clements. "Every year during the month of December I was shocked by the nation-wide demand for reprints of the Virginia O'Hanlon story. Virginia and "Is there a Santa Claus?" have become an integral part of the Christmas season. I am acquainted with Virginia O'Hanlon through my newspaper work and feel I can convince her to appear on your show."  (Virginia's letter to the Sun was answered by editor Francis Pharcellus, who little knew that he had written that day in 1897 the most celebrated editorial of all time.  Virginia did not rest on  her laurels, but gained a Doctorate from Fordham and was a teacher and principal for many years. Whether anything came of Kubrin's scheme, further deponent saith not.)  $100.00

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