Calendar of Literary Facts

1894

The Abyssinian-Italian War begins
China and Japan wage the Sino-Japanese War; China loses Port Arthur and Formosa to the victorious Japan
French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is arrested on charges of treason; his case draws international attention
Aubrey Beardsley, Henry Harland, and John Lane found The Yellow Book, a magazine devoted to the literature and art of English aestheticism and the Decadent movement
Bliss Carman publishes Songs from Vagabondia
Paul Green is born
A.E. publishes Homeward: Songs by the Way
James Thurber is born
Aldous Huxley is born
Rudyard Kipling publishes The Jungle Book
E. E. Cummings is born
Mark Van Doren is born
Robert Louis Stevenson dies (December 3)
Christina Rossetti dies (December 29)
Isaak (Emmanuilovich) Babel is born (June 30)