This manuscript was the original version of Alice story (apart from whatever lost earlier notes may once have existed), and it is very different from the book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" that we all know. Carroll apparently would not consent to publishing "Alice's Adventures under Ground" until 1886, at which time he supervised a facsimile edition of the Liddell manuscript for publication by Macmillan of London. This edition is now a very rare book. As for the manuscript itself, it has had a noteworthy history. After pasing through several hands, it became avaliable for sale in New York in 1948. It was purchased for $50,000, and presented to the British Museum, when it now remains.