Events Henri Boulard (b. 1754) dies, leaving behind one of the greatest book collections in history, with a library containing more than half a million books. New Books Aids to Reflection - Samuel Taylor Coleridge A Father's Love and a Woman's Friendship - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse Frithiol's Saga (poetry) - Esaias Tegner Man of Refinement - R.P. Ward Moderation - Barbara Hofland Parents and Wives - Sarah Green The Rebels - Lydia Maria Child The Spirit of the Age - William Hazlitt The Talisman - Sir Walter Scott Births February 18 - Mór Jókai (+ 1904) April 24 - RM Ballantyne (+ 1894) June 7 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore (+ 1900) Deaths Henri Boulard, French literary figure Awards
New Books Aids to Reflection - Samuel Taylor Coleridge A Father's Love and a Woman's Friendship - Henrietta Rouviere Mosse Frithiol's Saga (poetry) - Esaias Tegner Man of Refinement - R.P. Ward Moderation - Barbara Hofland Parents and Wives - Sarah Green The Rebels - Lydia Maria Child The Spirit of the Age - William Hazlitt The Talisman - Sir Walter Scott Births February 18 - Mór Jókai (+ 1904) April 24 - RM Ballantyne (+ 1894) June 7 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore (+ 1900) Deaths Henri Boulard, French literary figure Awards
