September –
Obscene Publications Act 1857 is passed in the United Kingdom, making the sale of obscene material a statutory offence (although it gives no definition of
obscenity).
William Dugdale, a prime target of the act, is one of the first to be charged under it. The Act is replaced with a less stringent one in
1959.[6]
September 25 –
Eugène Sue's extended fiction Les Mystères du peuple is condemned on charges of offending morals and religion,[7] the author having died on August 3.
October – The Sacramento Library Association, predecessor of
Sacramento Public Library, is established as a public subscription library in
Sacramento, California, by members of the "
Big Four" and other prominent citizens.
^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 277–278.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^Hauge, Ingard (1975). "Poetisk realisme og nasjonalromantikk". In
Beyer, Edvard (ed.). Norges Litteraturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 318–325.
^E. H. Chalus: "Fremantle, Elizabeth, Lady Fremantle (1778–1857)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OUP, online ed. May 2009)
Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^Alfred de Musset (2001). Twelve Plays. E. Mellen Press. p. 1.
ISBN9780773474161.
September –
Obscene Publications Act 1857 is passed in the United Kingdom, making the sale of obscene material a statutory offence (although it gives no definition of
obscenity).
William Dugdale, a prime target of the act, is one of the first to be charged under it. The Act is replaced with a less stringent one in
1959.[6]
September 25 –
Eugène Sue's extended fiction Les Mystères du peuple is condemned on charges of offending morals and religion,[7] the author having died on August 3.
October – The Sacramento Library Association, predecessor of
Sacramento Public Library, is established as a public subscription library in
Sacramento, California, by members of the "
Big Four" and other prominent citizens.
^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 277–278.
ISBN0-7126-5616-2.
^Hauge, Ingard (1975). "Poetisk realisme og nasjonalromantikk". In
Beyer, Edvard (ed.). Norges Litteraturhistorie (in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Oslo: Cappelen. pp. 318–325.
^E. H. Chalus: "Fremantle, Elizabeth, Lady Fremantle (1778–1857)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OUP, online ed. May 2009)
Retrieved 5 September 2010.
^Alfred de Musset (2001). Twelve Plays. E. Mellen Press. p. 1.
ISBN9780773474161.