Magician’s Widow Offers Part of Collection to Library

Mrs. Harry Houdini, widow of the magician, said yesterday that she had offered to the New York Public Library at a price below its actual value that part of her late husband’s library which he had not included in his bequest to the Library of Congress.

“I do not care to disclose the price,” said Mrs. Houdini. “I decided to give the library an opportunity to buy at a low price after its representative had asked permission to inspect the collection.”

While the library is not able to make the purchase out of its immediate funds, its officials have expressed the wish that some friend would acquire for it the collection of books on magic and other subjects assembled by Houdini.

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