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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

EVENTS

Opening of the Théâtre St. Philippe, New Orleans .

NEW BOOKS

'' Characters At Brighton '' - Anne Trelawney

'' The Cottagers Of Glenburnie '' - Elizabeth Hamilton

'' The Husband And Wife '' - Elizabeth Thomas

'' Lord Hubert Of Arundel '' - Sophia Bouverie

'' The Northern Gallery '' - Francis Lathom

'' Offspring Of Mortimer '' - Anne Trelawney

'' The Old Irish Baronet '' - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse

'' St. Justin '' - Sophia Bouverie

'' The Star Of Fashion '' - Mary Julia Young

'' Tankerville Family '' - Sarah Green

'' Valley Of Collares '' - R. P. M. Yorke

'' The Wild Irish Boy '' - Charles Robert Maturin

NEW DRAMA

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe - '' Faust, Part 1 ''

Heinrich Von Kleist - '' The Broken Jug '' (English translation)

Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger - ''Hakon Jarl''

POETRY

Sir Walter Scott - '' Marmion ''

NON-FICTION

Charles Fourier - '' The Theory Of The Four Movements ''

J. F. Fries - ''Neue oder anthropologische Kritik der Vernunft (New Critique of Reason)''

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Von Schlegel - ''Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier''

BIRTHS

January 27 - David Strauss , German theologian and writer

February 5 - Carl Spitzweg , German poet

February 16 - Gustave Planche , French critic

May 22 - Gérard De Nerval , French poet and translator

June 17 - Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian poet

June 28 - James Spedding , English author and editor

November 2 - Jules Amédée Barbey D'Aurevilly , French novelist

Solomon Northup , American memoirist

DEATHS

September 5 - John Home , Scottish poet

September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli , Italian man of letters

Melchiore Cesarotti , Italian poet

AWARDS