A library book which has been overdue for 84 years has finally been returned.??
Capt. William Harrison was supposed to return to Red Deer by the English nature writer Richard Jefferies by October 11, 1938, but he forgot. The book remained on his shelves until he died in 1957, and it remained along with his belongings.
The man's daughter, Anne, died recently, but the book never showed up. However, now the grandson of the bookholder named Paddy Riordan discovered the book along with other belongings and decided to return it where it belonged. The man brought back the book along with ?18.27 to cover the fine at Earlsdon Carnegie Community Library in Coventry.
The library's social media page talked about the incident along with a few pictures. The caption read: "Here's something you don't see every day... a copy of Red Deer by Richard Jefferies has been returned to us—a mere 84 years and two weeks overdue! Paddy Riordan returned the book to us from his grandfather's?collection and kindly donated the fine calculated at the then rate of 1d per week, totalling ?18.27 in today's money. You can see the photograph of Paddy's?grandfather, Capt. William Harrison, in the images below. How wonderful that the book has finally made its way home!"
One of the notices written on the front page of the book?asks borrowers to return the books as soon as they've finished with them, even if it is before the deadline. It reads: "Books may be retained for 14 days. it is requested, however, that, with a view to the convenience of borrowers generally, all books be returned at once when done with, although the 14 days may not have expired. For detention beyond 14 days fines will be charged as provided in the Regulations: for each week (or portion of a week) One Penny."
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