See also: 1859 in literature, other events of 1860, 1861 in literature, list of years in literature.

Contents

1 Events 2 New Books 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Awards

Events

• June 9 - becomes the first dime novel to be published.

New Books

• Charles Demailly - Edmond & Jules de Goncourt
• The Conduct of Life - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• The Dog Crusoe - RM Ballantyne
• Evan Harrington - George Meredith
• The Fall of the Alamo - R.M. Potter
• Hopes and Fears - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• Kenneth - Charlotte Mary Yonge
• The Marble Faun - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Max Havelaar - Multatuli
• The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
• Poor Rich - Mór Jókai
• The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins

Births

• January 29 - Anton Chekhov (+ 1904)
• February 11 - Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author (+ 1953)
• May 9 - J. M. Barrie, novelist and dramatist (+ 1937)
• September 14 - Hamlin Garland (+ 1940)
• October 23 - Molly Elliot Seawell (+ 1916)

Deaths

Awards