Summary A British pensioner has returned a library book to her school some 63 years after taking it out.
LONDON (AFP) - A British pensioner has returned a library book to her school some 63 years after taking it out, the librarian said Friday.
The woman, now in her 70s, found the 1929 copy of "Travels With A Donkey In The Cevennes" by Robert Louis Stevenson while clearing out her house.
The book, which charts the author s 120-mile (195-kilometre) solo hike through the Cevennes mountains in southern France, contained a stamp showing it was due to be returned to North Walsham High School in Norfolk, eastern England, in 1953.
Luckily for the student, the market town school has a policy of not fining students for overdue books.
"The lady who brought back the Robert Louis Stevenson book apologised for not returning it sooner -- but better late than never," school librarian Liz Sawyer said, appealing for others with overdue books to do the same.
"While we don t lose many books, there must have been a few which have been inadvertently retained by students over the years," she said, adding: "It would be really nice to get some of them back."
The world s largest fine for an overdue library book is $345.14 (323 euros) according to Guinness World Records.
That book, returned after 47 years by the borrower s daughter, was lent out by Kewanee Public Library in the US state of Illinois, and was due back in April 1955.
