Mary Martha Sherwood
Mary Martha Sherwood, 6 May 1775 – 22 September 1851, was a prolific and influential writer of children’s literature with a Christian emphasis.
From 1805 she spent eleven years in India, married to an officer in the 53rd Regiment of Foot.
Among her best known books is The History of Little Henry and his Bearer, set in India, published 1814.
External links
- Mary Martha Sherwood Wikipedia.
Historical books online
- The History of Little Henry and his Bearer [by Mrs Sherwood] 8th edition 1816, first published 1814. Google Books
- American edition, undated with the title Little Henry and his Bearer Boosy by Mrs Sherwood. Archive.org
- The Last Days of Boosy, the Bearer of Little Henry [by Mrs Sherwood] 1842 Archive.org
- The 53rd Regiment of Foot was ordered to the East Indies, 1805 page 251 The Life of Mrs. Sherwood, (chiefly autobiographical) with extracts from Mr. Sherwood’s Journal during his Imprisonment in France & Residence in India Edited by her daughter Sophia Kelly 1857 Archive.org.