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1 Events

• Ford Maddox Ford publishes Some Do Not . It is the first book of a four-volume work titled Parade's End published between 1924 and 1928.

2 New Books

• Akhnaton, King of Egypt - Dmitri Merezhkovsky
• The Art of the Theatre - Sarah Bernhardt
• The Autobiography of Mark Twain - Mark Twain
• Billy Budd, Foretopman - Herman Melville
• By Sanction Of Law - Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.
• The Dark Frigate - Charles Boardman Hawes
• The Fire In The Flint - Walter F. White
• The Green Bay Tree - Louis Bromfield
• The Land of the Sun (poetry) - Edwin James Brady
• The Magic Mountain - Thomas Mann
• The Mark of Zorro - Johnston McCulley
• The Old Maid - Edith Wharton
• A Passage to India - E. M. Forster
• Peronnik the Fool - George Moore (novelist)
• So Big - Edna FerberEdna Ferber ( August 15, 1885- April 16, 1968), author Edna Ferber was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on August 15, 1885. She would become a leading female American author who wrote a number of successful books, as well as plays. Her novels generally feature
• Some Do Not - Ford Maddox Ford
• The Treasures of Typhon - Eden PhillpottsEden Phillpotts ( 1862- 1960) was a British novelist, poet, and dramatist. He was born in India, educated at Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer. He was the author
• When We Were Very Young - A.A. Milne

3 Births

• January 30January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 335 days remaining, (336 in leap years). Events 1595 William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time. 1649 King Charles I of England is beheaded. 1781 Artic - Lloyd AlexanderLloyd (Chudley) Alexander (born January 30, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is the author of a number of fantasy books for children and adolescents, as well as several adult novels. Probably his most famous contribution to the field of children's fant, writer
• February 3February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years). In the Northern hemisphere, there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3. - Andrzej Szczypiorski , writer (+ 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri)
• February 17February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 317 days remaining (318 in leap years). Events 197 Battle of Lugdunum, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats his rival Clodius Albinus, securing full control over the Roman Emp - Margaret Truman, novelist, daughter of President Harry S. Truman
• August 3 - Leon Uris, author