Synopses & Reviews
F. J. Harvey Darton (1878-1936) published Life and Times in 1910. It is an account of the life and work of the well-loved children's author and educationalist Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851). Sherwood, a prolific writer, published numerous bestsellers, including the didactic series The History of the Fairchild Family (1818-47) and The History of Henry Milner (1822-37). Sherwood was also passionately involved in education; she established a number of schools both in England and in India, where she lived for 11 years from 1805, and where she became an evangelical Christian. Darton's account is based around excerpts from Sherwood's own diaries, which had been published in 1854 as Sherwood's 'autobiography', but with large sections removed. Darton restored the deleted sections and supplemented the diaries with details from the unpublished diaries of Sherwood's husband, Captain Henry Sherwood (1776-1849) and information supplied by the Sherwood family.
Synopsis
A 1910 biography, based on diaries, of the successful children's author and passionate educationalist Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851).
Synopsis
This book, published in 1910, recounts the life of the children's author and educationalist Mary Martha Sherwood (1775-1851), who established schools in England, and in India, where she lived for 11 years. It is based on Sherwood's diaries, supplemented by information from her husband's diaries and the Sherwood family.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Ancestry and birth (1741-1775); 2. Early days at Stanford (1775-1787); 3. Kidderminster (1788-1790); 4. Captain Sherwood's wanderings (1787-1795); 5. School life (1791-1793); 6. The last days of childhood (1794-1796); 7. Retirement and marriage (1795-1803); 8. Following the camp (1803-1805); 9. Round the Cape to India (1805); 10. From Calcutta to Dinapore by water (1805); 11. Illness and sorrow at Berhampore (1805-1807); 12. Life and death at Cawnpore (1807-1809); 13. A journey to Calcutta and back (1809-1810); 14. Henry Martyn and Cawnpore (1810-1812); 15. Meerut; 16. The return to England (1816-1817); 17. A fresh start (1817-1821); 18. Pupils and family affairs (1822-1851); Appendix; Index.