Cambridge University launched an appeal Tuesday to find two valuable notebooks written by Charles Darwin after they were reported as stolen from the university’s library. The notebooks, estimated to be worth millions of pounds, include the 19th-century scientist’s famous “Tree of Life” sketch. They haven’t been seen since 2000, and for years staff at the library believed that the manuscripts had probably been misplaced in the vast archives. But after doing a thorough search, library staff now conclude it’s likely that the notebooks were stolen. Cambridge University Library has more than 130 miles of shelving and has around 10 million books, maps, manuscripts and other objects.-AP

Source: The Standard November 24, 2020 14:48 UTC