Thanks to Higgy for this blink: Overdue book’s return priceless; we’ re talking here about an 1859 first edition of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species borrowed from the Boston Public Library at least 80 years ago. The woman who returned it had found in her great-aunt’s attic. On examination, the book bore signs of efforts to erase evidence of its ownership by the Library. But, as the BPL’s rare books curator lovingly put it, “Paper has such a long memory. It doesn’t forget.” The maximum late fee for overdue books, as of a campaign last year to encourage their return, is $1.25. Boston Mayor Menino offered to waive the fee in this instance. Boston Globe