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EVENTS

Robert Browning begins his correspondence with his future wife, Elizabeth Barrett .

NEW BOOKS

'' Auriol '' - William Harrison Ainsworth

'' Carmen '' - Prosper Mérimée

'' The Chainbearer '' - James Fenimore Cooper

'' The Corsican Brothers '' - Alexandre Dumas, Père

'' The Count Of Monte Cristo '' - Alexandre Dumas, Père

'' The Double '' - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

'' Hillingdon Hall '' - Robert Smith Surtees

'' Marie Antoinette '' - Alexandre Dumas, Père

'' The Mission, Or Scenes In Africa '' - Frederick Marryat

'' Queen Margot '' - Alexandre Dumas, Père

'' The Regent's Daughter '' - Alexandre Dumas, Père

'' Satanstoe '' - James Fenimore Cooper

'''' - Catherine Gore

'' Sybil '' - Benjamin Disraeli

'' Zoe, A History Of Two Lives '' - Geraldine Jewsbury

NEW DRAMA

Henrik Hertz - ''King René's Daughter''

POETRY

Edgar Allan Poe - '' The Raven ''

NON-FICTION

Thomas Carlyle - '' Oliver Cromwell 's Letters and Speeches''

Friedrich Engels - ''The Condition of the Working Class in England''

Max Stirner - ''Der Einzige und sein Eigentum''

BIRTHS

April 24 - Carl Spitteler , poet (+ 1924)

May 17 - Jacint Verdaguer , Catalan poet (+ 1902 )

July 18 - Tristan Corbière , poet (+ 1875)

October 14 - Olindo Guerrini , poet (+ 1916)

''date unknown'' - Alexander Anderson , poet

''date unknown'' - Amy Dillwyn , novelist (+ 1935)

DEATHS

May 3 - Thomas Hood , poet

AWARDS