'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks left on library floor in pink gift bag

[basquebromance]

A set of rare notebooks filled with notes by Charles Darwin -- that could be worth "millions" -- have been anonymously returned to the University of Cambridge, over 20 years after they were initially reported missing.

They were left outside the librarian's office and wrapped in plastic, inside a pink gift bag with a brown envelope containing the notebooks' archive box, and an unsigned printed note.

"Librarian, Happy Easter X," the note says

Missing notebooks that once belonged to Charles Darwin mysteriously returned to Cambridge Library

Two notebooks that contain the origins of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University's library, more than 20 years after they were reported missing.

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[JGalt]

I'd sure hate to be the one having to pay the overdue book fines for those. Let's see: 10 cents per day times 7,300 days is $730.

And that's just for one book.

 

[whitehall]

Funny how nobody seemed concerned about what Clinton adviser Sandy Berger stole from the National Archives. He got a slap on the wrist.