Books & Manuscripts
Today in History... Happy Saint Patrick's Day
March 17, 1600s-present: Guinness will be ordered all-round, as the Irish celebration arrives again
Today in history... James Joyce is born, and Ulysses is published
February 2 1882/1922: the modernist literature masterpiece is published on Joyce's 40th birthday
Today in history... Poe's The Raven is published
January 29, 1945: the New York Evening Mirror prints Edgar Allan Poe's greatest poem
Today in History... Author A A Milne is born
January 18, 1882: Alan Alexander Milne, who would later write Winnie the Pooh, enters the world
Today in history... Galileo is the first to see Neptune
December 28, 1612: he spots the eighth planet from our Sun... and mistakes it for a star
Today in history... Beatrix Potter dies at the age of 77
December 22, 1943: the author and conservationist leaves nearly everything to the National Trust
Today in history... A Christmas Carol was first published
December 19, 1843: Charles Dickens' most famous yuletide tale makes its debut in England