Events Samuel G. Goodrich (1793-1860) publishes the first of the "Peter Parley" juvenile novels that would continue until 1860. New Books The Betrothed - Alessandro Manzoni Book of Songs (poetry) - Heinrich Heine 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 Births April 10 - Lewis Wallace (+ 1905) June 12 - Johanna Spyri (+ 1901) Deaths August 12 - William Blake, poet Awards