Events Flammarion publishing house founded in Paris, France. New Books Alice Lorraine - Richard Doddridge Blackmore The Brother's Wife - Charlotte Mary Yonge Contes du Lundi - Alphonse Daudet A Foregone Conclusion - William Dean Howells The Goldsmith's Wife - William Harrison Ainsworth History of Twins - Francis Galton Hostages to Fortune - Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Law and the Lady - Wilkie Collins A Raw Youth - Fyodor Dostoevsky Saragossa - Galdos Benito Perez The Survivors Of The Chancellor - Jules Verne Two, by Tricks - Edmund Yates The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott Births September 1 - Edgar Rice Burroughs (+ 1950) August 26 - John Buchan (+ 1940) Deaths August 4 - Hans Christian Andersen Awards