A 150-year-old book titled “Antiquities of Athens,” last checked out in the 1870s, just turned up in a Kiama, Australia, homeowner’s fireplace—hidden in a tea crate. The library’s never seen anything this overdue. If charged at the old 3 pence-per-week rate, the fine would be nearly $28,000 today. But with lost records, no one knows who borrowed it—or why it vanished for a century and a half. Back then, you couldn’t check out another book until you returned this one, and you had to prove you could read. Now, the water-damaged tome is going on permanent display as a time capsule of lost library lore.
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