Mary Martha Sherwood - Selected Works

Selected Works

This is a list of some of Sherwood's most important works. For a more complete list of her works that includes her many chapbooks and religious tracts, see the list of works by Mary Martha Sherwood.

  • The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814)
  • The History of Susan Gray (1815) (revised)
  • Stories Explanatory of the Church Catechism (1817)
  • The History of the Fairchild Family (1818)
  • The Indian Pilgrim (1818)
  • An Introduction to Geography (1818)
  • The Governess, or The Little Female Academy (1820)
  • The History of George Desmond (1821)
  • The Infant's Progress (1821, 2nd edition)
  • The History of Henry Milner (1822)
  • The History of Little Lucy and her Dhaye (1823)
  • The Lady of the Manor (1823–29)
  • The Monk of Cimies (1834)
  • Caroline Mordaunt, or The Governess (1835)
  • Shanty the Blacksmith (1835)
  • The Last Days of Boosy, the Bearer of Little Henry (1842)
  • The Youth's Magazine (1822–48) – "This periodical . . . brought out tales, tracts, and articles by Mrs. Sherwood for over twenty-five years (signed at first M.M., and after 1827, M.M.S.) The earlier tales were rapidly reprinted by Houlston, Darton, Melrose, Knight and Lacey and the R.T.S., as well as by various American publishers."
  • The Works of Mrs. Sherwood by Harper & Bros. (1834–57) – most complete collected works

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