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EVENTS

Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "''Peter Parley''" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860.

NEW BOOKS

'' Book Of Songs '' (poetry) - Heinrich Heine

'' Herzog Theodor Von Gotland '' (play) - Christian Dietrich Grabbe

'' Hope Leslie '' - Catharine Maria Sedgwick

'' Intrigue '' - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse

'' The Lettre De Cachet '' - Catherine Gore

'' The O'Briens And The O'Flaherties '' - Sydney Owenson

'' The Prairie '' - James Fenimore Cooper

'' The Red Rover '' - James Fenimore Cooper

'' The Reign Of Terror '' - Catherine Gore

'' The Wolf Of Badenoch '' - Sir Thomas Dick Lauder

NEW DRAMA

Alessandro Manzoni - ''I Promessi sposi'' ('' The Betrothed '')

POETRY

Heinrich Heine - ''Buch der Lieder ("Book of Songs"''

Giacomo Leopardi - ''Operette Morali''

NON-FICTION

Henry Hallam - ''The Constitutional History of England]]

John Keble - ''The Christian Year''

BIRTHS

April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905 )

June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901 )

DEATHS

August 12 - William Blake , poet

October 10 - Ugo Foscolo , dramatist

November 18 - Wilhelm Hauff , poet and novelist

AWARDS