Events November 14 - Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick is published for the first time. New Books The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne Lavengro - George Henry Borrow Moby Dick - Herman Melville La Vie de Boheme - Henri Murger Une Vieille Maltresse - Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly The Watcher - Sheridan Le Fanu Births June 11 - Mary Augusta Ward, author (+ 1920) Deaths Abigail Mott, writer February 1 - Mary Shelley, author February 23 - Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet, dramatist September 14 - James Fenimore Cooper, writer Awards