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MISSING DARWIN NOTEBOOKS RETURNED AFTER 20 YEARS Twenty years ago, two notebooks, written by 19th-century scientist Charles Darwin, mysteriously disappeared from the Cambridge University Library. The stolen notebooks, which had been missing for over 20 years, have finally been secretly returned. Darwin recorded his observations in a series of notebooks and labelled them with letters of the alphabet. The Cambridge University Library had several of his notebooks in its Darwin collection. The two missing notebooks were kept in a small blue box, and were last seen in 2000, when they were taken out to be photographed. In 2001, the librarians found that the box and the priceless notebooks were missing. Luckily, the library had taken pictures of the notebooks' pages, so the information wasn't completely lost. At first, the library staff thought the box had been put back in the wrong place, so they made a huge effort to find it. They searched through the 10 million items in the library, which took several years. Finally, in 2020 Jessica Gardner, the university's director of library services officially reported the missing notebooks as stolen. The police were notified, and the notebooks were listed in the database of stolen artworks. Now, a long time after they were reported as stolen, the manuscripts were mysteriously returned. A bright pink gift bag appeared in a public area just outside Dr Gardner's office. Inside was a plain brown envelope simply addressed "Librarian, Happy Easter, X". After the police had examined the package, library workers were able to open it. The envelope contained the blue box with both notebooks inside. They carefully studied the notebooks and were pleased to learn that they were not damaged. Dr Gardner said she was "delighted" and relieved to have them back. Cambridgeshire Police said they would continue their investigation and asked the public to come forward with any information.