1828 in literature

Events

• The first volume of John James Audubon's 10-volume The Birds of America[?] is published.
• Noah Webster publishes his 70,000 word American Dictionary of the English Language[?].

New Books

• Africa Described, in Its Ancient and Present State[?] - Barbara Hofland[?]
• The Ambassador's Secretary[?] - Jane Harvey[?]
• The Collegians[?] - Gerald Griffin[?]
• The Fair Maid of Perth[?] - Sir Walter Scott
• Italian Vengeance and English Forbearance[?] - Selina Davenport[?]
• De Lisle[?] - Elizabeth Caroline Grey[?]
• The Mummy![?] - Jane C. Loudon[?]
• Rachel Dyer[?] - John Neal[?]
• The Red Barn[?] - Robert Huish[?]
• Ulrica of Saxony[?] - Rosalia St. Clair[?]
• Uncle Peregrine's Heiress[?] - Anne Hatton[?]

Births

• February 8 - Jules Verne (+ 1905)
• February 12 - George Meredith (+ 1909)
• April 4 - Margaret Oliphant[?] (+ 1897)
• September 9 - Leo Tolstoy (+ 1910)
• May 12 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti (+ 1882)

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Awards