The book, Famous Composers, was recently returned to a library in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo / AP
A library book that was more than a century overdue has finally been returned in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Titled Famous Composers and featuring the likes of Bach and Mozart, the tome turned up while someone was sorting through a relative’s belongings.
The St. Paul Public Library check-out slip shows it was last borrowed in 1919, Minnesota Public Radio reports. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter joked in a tweet on Saturday that there would be no fine.
The library, like many across the country, stopped charging late fees in 2019. The future of the book is uncertain.
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John Larson, the St. Paul Public Library’s digital library co-ordinator, said he doubted it would go back into circulation because of its delicate condition, but expected the library to hang on to it.
