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EVENTS

Charles Lamb becomes guardian of his sister, Mary Lamb , on the death of their father.

New edition of Edward Young 's ''Night Thoughts'', illustrated by Thomas Stothard .

NEW BOOKS

''Arthur Mervyn'' - Charles Brockden Brown

''Edgar Huntly'' - Charles Brockden Brown

''Goetz of Berlichingen'' - translation by Walter Scott

''Ormond'' - Charles Brockden Brown

''The Pleasures of Hope'' - Thomas Campbell

''The Gipsy Countess'' - Elizabeth Gunning

''The East Indian'' - Mary Julia Young

NEW DRAMA

''Wallensteins Tod'' - Friedrich Von Schiller

BIRTHS

May 20 - Honoré De Balzac

May 23 - Thomas Hood

May 26 - Aleksandr Pushkin

November 29 - Amos Bronson Alcott

December 30 - John Moultrie

DEATHS

February 19 - Jean-Charles De Borda

May 18 - Pierre Beaumarchais

AWARDS