Events The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton is published. In 2001, the book would be one of two books by Ms. Wharton named to the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century by the editorial board of the American Modern Library. New Books A Diary from Dixie - Mary Boykin Chesnut Heretics - G. K. Chesterton The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton The Invasion of the Sea - Jules Verne King Leopold's Soliloquy - Mark Twain Kipps - H.G. Wells The Lake - George A. Moore The Lighthouse at the End of the World - Jules Verne A Little Boy Lost - W. H. Hudson The Marriage of William Ashe - Mary Augusta Ward Orthodoxy - G. K. Chesterton The Saint - Antonio Fogazzaro The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy A Waif's Progress - Rhoda Broughton Where Angels Fear to Tread - E.M. Forster White Fang - Jack London Births January 31 - John O'Hara, writer (+ 1970) February 2 - Ayn Rand, author (+ 1982) February 7 - Paul Nizan, author (+ 1940) February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk, Dutch/Indonesian writer. May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet December 21 - Anthony Powell, British novelist, (+ 2000) Deaths March 25 - Jules Verne, author September 18 - George MacDonald, author Awards Nobel Prize for Literature: Henryk Sienkiewicz