Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
May 28 – Lavilla Esther Allen, American author, poet and reader (died 1903) July 9 – Jan Neruda, Czech writer (died 1891) August 31 – Esther Pugh, American reformer, editor and publisher (died 1908) September 9 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist (died 1903) September 15 – Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian (died 1896)
In 1996, Merriam-Webster launched its first website, which provided free access to an online dictionary and thesaurus. [10] Merriam-Webster has also published dictionaries of synonyms, English usage, geography in its Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, biography, proper names, medical terms, sports terms, slang, Spanish/English, and others.
The Houses in Between is a 1951 novel by the British writer Howard Spring. [1] It follows the life of one character Sarah Rainborough from 1851 to 1948. At the beginning of the story she is taken by her family to see The Crystal Palace in London as part of the Great Exhibition.
Literary movements are a way to divide literature into categories of similar philosophical, topical, or aesthetic features, as opposed to divisions by genre or period. Like other categorizations, literary movements provide language for comparing and discussing literary works.
List of books written by children or teenagers; List of book titles taken from literature; List of books by year of publication; List of children's books made into feature films; List of Christian novels; List of comic books; Lists of dictionaries; Lists of encyclopedias; List of fantasy novels; List of gay male teen novels; List of Glagolitic ...
May – William Morris establishes the Kelmscott Press as a private press at Hammersmith (London) and produces its first book, the first edition in book format of his fantasy novel The Story of the Glittering Plain. May 21 – Maurice Maeterlinck's play Intruder (L'Intruse) is premièred at Paul Fort's Théâtre d'Art in Paris.
In 1952, Benton started preparations for the fifteenth edition. Britannica acquired Merriam-Webster in 1964 and Compton's Encyclopedia as well in the early 1960s. [2] [3] Benton died in 1973, before the fifteenth edition was published in 1974.
Thomas Kendall has the first book printed in the Māori language, A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book; being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives, published in Sydney, Australia. [4]