TODAY is reporting that several famous children's books from the collection of U.S. professional football player Pat McInally are going up for auction next month, including a copy of Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There that belonged to Alice Liddell, the British girl who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice books, a copy of The Tale of Peter Rabbit that belonged to Beatrix Potter, a first-edition copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and signed, limited-edition copies of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner.

Man, I really hope that Alice copy goes to a good home, because otherwise you just know somebody toolish like Marilyn Manson is gonna buy it and do something gross to it.

Labels: Beatrix Potter, Classic books, Lewis Carroll