May 10 – The first stage performance in England of Oscar Wilde's tragedy Salome (the original version having been banned in 1892) takes place privately at the New Stage Club of the Bijou Theatre, Victoria Hall, Archer Street, Westbourne Grove, London, with Millicent Murby in the title role, directed by Florence Farr. The author died in 1900.[3]
The first of many chapters of I Am a Cat (吾輩は猫である) by Natsume Sōseki is published serially in Hototogisu (ホトトギス, Lesser cuckoo). It begins in military style: "I, sir, am a cat, though as yet I have no name...." and explores a family in which the English-teacher husband cannot speak English.
The group Noor-Eesti (Young Estonia) is formed to promote Estonian national awakening in language and literature.
The National Library of Thailand is created as the Vajirayanana Library for the Capital City in Bangkok, with the merger of the Mandira Dharma Vajirayanana and Buddhasasana Sangaha libraries by royal decree.
↑ Manfred von Roncador; Tom Güldemann, eds. (2002). Reported Discourse: A Meeting Ground for Different Linguistic Domains. Benjamins Pub. p.248. ISBN9789027229588.
↑ Max Weber; Peter R. Baehr; Gordon C. Wells (2002). The Protestant ethic and the "spirit" of capitalism and other writings. Penguin. ISBN978-0-14-043921-2.
↑ The Book Review. C. Chari for Perspective Publications. 1987. p.3.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.