Events New Books The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain Chetwynd Calverley - William Harrison Ainsworth Clarel - Herman Melville Daniel Deronda - George Eliot A Gentle Creature - Fyodor Dostoevsky Joan - Rhoda Broughton The Leaguer of Lathom - William Harrison Ainsworth Martha - Joris-Karl Huysmans Off On A Comet - Jules Verne Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott The Shadow of the Sword - Robert Buchanan The Three Brides - Charlotte Mary Yonge The Two Destinies - Wilkie Collins Births January 12 - Jack London (+ 1916) April 13 - Sidney Bradshaw Fay (+ 1967) September 13 - Sherwood Anderson (+ 1941) Deaths June 8 - George Sand, French novelist June 27 - Harriet Martineau, British writer Awards