Overdue book returned to library after 27 years
Last updated on: 26 August,2021 06:39 pm
Overdue book returned to library after 27 years
(Web Desk) - Workers at Hamilton Public Library in Canada found a copy of The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley in a return bin 27 years after it was last checked out on Dec. 13, 1993.
"Welcome back lost one!" a post about the discovery on the library s Facebook page reads. A new edition of the book was printed in 2009.
Lisa Radha Weaver, the library s director of collections and program development, told local media that she didn t know where the book had been.
"We do know that our books go on a lot of adventures in our city, our country, around the world," Weaver said. "We hop the book has had a great few decades away from Hamilton Public Library."
The library counts 7,606 books -- just under 0.8% of its collection -- as lost, but that doesn t include items that disappeared before December 2018.
The library recently eliminated late fees and fines.