Female : Writer. Evangelical Christian. Married her cousin Capt Henry Sherwood in 1803 and went to India with him until 1816. Wrote over 350 books, tracts and pamphlets

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire

Date of Birth : 1775 Date of Death : 1851 Age : 76

Pseudonyms : Mary Martha Butt

1795-1805
The Traditions : A Legendary Tale Written by a Young Lady (1795) - 2 vols
Margarita (1799) - 4 vols
The History of Susan Gray, as related by a Clergyman (1802 Hazard, Bath)

1806-1820
The History of Little Henry and His Bearer (1814 Houlston) (1815 Houlston. 2nd Ed)
[Said to be the first missionary tale for children]
The History of Lucy Clare (1815)
The Lady and Her Ayah : An Indian Story (1816)
Memoirs of Sergeant Dale, His Daughter and the Orphan Mary (1816)
The Indian Pilgrim (1817)
[An imitation of the Pilgrim's Progress for Hindus]
The Indian Pilgrim, or the Progress of the Pilgrim Nazarene (1818)
The Little Woodman and His Dog Caesar (1818)
The History of the Fairchild Family (1818-42-47) - 3 vols
[Her most popular and successful book, the final parts were completed by her daughter]
The Governess or The Little Female Academy (1820 Houlston. 6th Ed)

1821-1830
The Bitter Sweet Parts I & II (c1821-8 Houlston) - Anon
The History of Henry Milner (1822-37) - 3 vols
The Young Forester : 4 Parts in 1 (c1822 Houlston)
The Lady of the Manor, Being a Series of Conversations on the Subject of Confirmation
(1823-9 Houlston) - 7 vols
The History of Mrs Catharine Crawley (1824 Houlston, Wellington)
My Uncle Timothy (1825 Knight, Lacey & Harison & Stephens)
The History of Emily and Her Mother (1826 Houlston)
Stories Explanatory of the Church Catechism (1826 Houlston, Wellington. 12th Ed)
Memoirs of Sergeant Dale, His Daughter and the Orphan Mary (1826 Houlston, Wellington. 17th Ed)
The Orphans of Normandy, or Florentin and Lucie (1827 Robinson, Hartford)
The History of Little George and His Penny (1828 Houlston)
My Aunt Kate (1829 Houlston. 2nd Ed)
The Butterfly (1829 Thomas Melrose, Berwick)

1831-1840
The Orange Grove (1831 Houlston. 2nd Ed)
Ermina (1831 for Houlston, London)
Roxobel (1831 Houlston) - 3 vols
The Swans (1831 Houlston, London. 3rd Ed)
Dudley Castle (1834 Darton)
The Garland (1835 Thomas Melrose, Berwick)
Caroline Mordaunt, or The Governess (1835 Darton, London)
The Little Girl's Keepsake (1839 Darton)
The Bitter Hyacinth, or Ellen & Sophia (c1840 Amer Sunday Sch Union, Phila)

1841-1860
Duty is Safety, or Troublesome Tom (1842 Darton & Clark)
Jack the Sailor Boy (1842 Darton & Clark)
Sisterly Love (1842 Darton & Clark)
Uncle Manners, or Self-Will Cured (1842 Darton & Clark)
Frank Beauchamp, or The Sailor's Family (1842 Darton & Clark)
Shanty the Blacksmith : A Tale of Other Times (c1844 Darton & Clark)
The Golden Garland of Inestimable Delights (1849 Hatchard) - with her daughter Mrs Sophia Streeten
Boys will be Boys, or the Difficulties of a Schoolboy's Life (1854 Darton)
The Flowers of the Forest (1859 RTS. New Ed)
The Cottage in the Wood (c1860 Houlston Tract Nos 40 & 41, London)
Joan, or Trustworthy (c1860 Houlston Tracts Nos 31 & 32)
The Turnpike House (c1860 Houlston Tracts Nos 50 & 51)
The Swiss Cottage and Other stories (1860 Milner & Sowerby, Halifax)

After 1861
The History of Susan Gray (1863 Milner & Sowerby)
The Little Woodman, and His Dog Caesar c1879 Routledge)
The Fairchild Family (1912 Stokes NY) - Florence M Rudland
The Fairchild Family (1913 A & C Black) - Sybil Tawse
The Fairchild Family (c1913 Jack, London) - E V B

READING
(Ed) Sophia Kelly : The Life of Mrs Sherwood, chiefly Autobiographical
(1854 Darton) - her daughter
(Ed) F C Harvey Darton : The Life & times of Mrs Sherwood 1775-1851 - From the
Diaries of Captain and Mrs Sherwood (1910)
Naomi Royde Smith : The State of Mind of Mrs Sherwood (1946 Macmillan)
M Nancy Cutt : Mrs Sherwood and Her Books for Children (1974 OUP)