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'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks left on library floor in pink gift bag
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60980288'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks left on library floor in pink gift bag
By Rebecca Jones
Arts correspondent, BBC News
Published 11 hours ago
Two "stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University, 22 years after they were last seen.
The small leather-bound books are worth many millions of pounds and include the scientist's "tree of life" sketch.
Their return comes 15 months after the BBC first highlighted they had gone missing and the library launched a worldwide appeal to find them.
"I feel joyous," the university's librarian Dr Jessica Gardner says.
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By Rebecca Jones
Arts correspondent, BBC News
Published 11 hours ago
Two "stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University, 22 years after they were last seen.
The small leather-bound books are worth many millions of pounds and include the scientist's "tree of life" sketch.
Their return comes 15 months after the BBC first highlighted they had gone missing and the library launched a worldwide appeal to find them.
"I feel joyous," the university's librarian Dr Jessica Gardner says.
[...[
