MMS
's youngest daughter, Sophia
(whose married name was first Streeten, then Kelly), was the one among her children that has shown most inclination for using her pen.
Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton, 1854.
MMS
had begun this work in 1812; the first and fiercest part (as Naomi Royde-Smith noted) was written in India.
Royde-Smith, Naomi, and Denis Dighton. The State of Mind of Mrs. Sherwood. Macmillan, 1946.
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A second and third volume followed in 1842 and 1847, the last one...
Textual Production
Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS
issued her last book, The Golden Garland of Inestimable Delights, jointly with her daughter Sophia Streeten, later Kelly
. It is a novel for children.
Royde-Smith, Naomi, and Denis Dighton. The State of Mind of Mrs. Sherwood. Macmillan, 1946.
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1098 (11 November 1848): 1123
Textual Production
Mary Martha Sherwood
MMS
's daughter Sophia Kelly
published with DartonThe Life of Mrs. Sherwood, which was chiefly autobiographical. The text draws generously on diaries written much earlier.
Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton, 1854.
title-page
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1398 (12 August 1854): 987-8
Textual Production
Mary Martha Sherwood
F. J. Harvey Darton
published a new and different selection of MMS
's autobiography and diaries from that already published posthumously by her daughter Sophia Kelly
, as The Life and Times of Mrs. Sherwood...
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Texts
Kelly, Sophia. “Preface”. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood, Darton, 1854.
Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Sophia Kelly. The Golden Garland of Inestimable Delights. J. Hatchard, 1849.
Sherwood, Mary Martha, and Henry Sherwood. The Life of Mrs. Sherwood. Editor Kelly, Sophia, Darton, 1854.