The following is a list of the published works of Mary Martha Sherwood. Because it relies on M. Nancy Cutt's annotated bibliography of Sherwood's books in Mrs. Sherwood and her Books for Children, this list does not include her many periodical articles, such as those she wrote for The Youth's Magazine. The list follows Cutt's generic divisions.[1]
Books
The Traditions (1795)
Margarita (1799)
The History of Susan Gray (1802) - no copy of this edition is known to have survived
The De Cliffords (1847) - by Sherwood and her daughter
The Keepsake (1847) - not all tales are by Sherwood
The Fairy Knoll (1848)
The Story Book of Wonders (1849)
The Golden Garland of Inestimable Delight (1849) - by Sherwood and her daughter
The Young Lord and Other Tales (1849-50) - "Victorine Durocher" is by Sherwood and her daughter
Green's Nursery Annual (1851) - "The Harvest Home" is by Sherwood
The Two Knights (1851)
Jamie Gordon, or The Orphan (1851) - no copy has been discovered
Brotherly Love (1851) - by Sherwood and her daughter
The Mirror of Maidens in the Days of Queen Bess (1851) - by Sherwood and her daughter
Home Stories for the Young (1852)
Boys Will Be Boys, of The Difficulties of a Schoolboy's Life (1854) - by Sherwood and her daughter
The Golden City and Other Tales (1854-62?) - by Sherwood and her daughter
The Greedy Boy, and Grateful Dog, and Other Tales (1854-62?)
Must I Learn, and Other Tales (1854-62?)
Grand-Aunt's Pictures (1854-62?)
William and Henry (1854-62?) - no copies have been discovered
Mary and her Grandmama (1854-62?) - no copies have been discovered
John and James (1854-62?) - no copies have been discovered
My New Story Book (1861)
Chapbooks and pennybooks
The History of Emily and her Brothers (1816)
The History of Little George and his Penny (1816)
The Busy Bee (1818)
A Drive in the Coach through the Streets of London (1818)
The Rose. A Fairy Tale (1818)
The Errand Boy (1819)
The Little Sunday School Child's Reward (1819)
The Orphan Boy (1819)
The Wishing Cap (1819)
Little Arthur (1820)
The May-Bee (1820)
Little Robert and the Owl (1821)
Easy Questions for a Little Child (1822)
Julian Percival (1826)
The Two Dolls (1826)
The Dry Ground (1827)
Edward Mansfield (1827)
The Lady in the Arbour (1827)
A Series of Questions and Answers Illustrative of the Church (1827)
The Fawns (1828)
The Hills (1828)
Home (1828)
Poor Burruff (1828)
The Rainbow (1828)
Soffrona and her Cat Muff (1828)
The Rosebuds (1828)
The Idiot Boy (1828)
The Thunder Storm (1828)
The Mourning Queen (1829)
The Orange Grove (1829)
Intimate Friends (1830)
Katherine Seward (1830)
The Hidden Treasure (1830?)
A Mother's Duty (1830?)
The Stolen Fruit (1830?)
Everything Out of its Place (1831)
A Visit to Grandpapa (1833?)
The Bible (1838)
The Happy Family (1838)
The Little Negroes (1838)
Lucy's Going to School (1840-50)
Horses and Coaches (1840-50)
Land of Snow (1840-50)
The Useful Dog (1840-50)
Dangerous Sport (1840-50)
Susan's First Money (1840-50)
The Flood (1840-50)
The Honey Drop (1840-50)
The Indian Chief (1840-50)
The Shawl (1840-50)
Eyes and Ears (1840-50)
Going to the Fair (1840-50)
How to Please (1840-50)
The Partin Cup (1840-50)
Yours is the Best (1840-50)
Willy Cary (1840-50)
Conceit Checked (1840-50)
What Could I Do Without Grandmother? (1840-50)
What's the Use of That? (1840-50)
Let Me Take Care of Myself (1840-50)
The Druids of Britain (1840-50)
The Blind Gentleman (1840-50)
The Child is but a Child (1840-50)
Comfort in Death (1840-50)
My Prize Book (1848-62)
Religious tracts
The Infirmary (1817?)
The Two Sisters (1819?)
The Golden Clew (1820) - Nos. 41-2 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Nursery Maid's Diary (1820?)
Procrastination, or The Evil of Putting Off (1820?) - No. 23 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Young Mother (1820?) - No. 24 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Iron Cage (1820?) - No. 24 of William Whittemore's tract series
Mary Anne (1820?)
Abdallah, the Merchant of Bagdad (1820-5?)
The Fountain of Living Waters (1820-5?)
Charles Lorraine, or The Young Soldier (1821) - Nos. 5-9 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Young Forester (1821-2?) - Nos. 1-4 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The China Manufactory (1821-2?) - No. 5 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The Bitter Sweet (1822?) - Nos. 19-20 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The Penny Tract (1822-3?) - No. 1 of William Whittemore's tract series
The History of Mary Saunders (1822-3?) - No. 11 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Blind Man and Little George (1822-3?) - No. 13 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Potter's Commons, or The Happy Choice (1822-3) - Nos. 15-18 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Poor Man of Colour, or The Sufferings (1822-3)
The Blessed Family (1823?) - No. 2 of William Whittemore's tract series
Common Errors (1822-5?) - No. 21 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
Old Times (1823-7?) - Nos. 23-4 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
Content and Discontent (1824)
The Lambourne Bell (1824?) - No. 28 of William Whittemore's tract series
The Little Beggars (1824) - Nos. 29-30 of William Whittemore's tract series
Waste Not Want Not (1824) - Nos. 35-38 of William Whittemore's tract series
Joan, or Trustworthy (1826-8?) - Nos. 31-2 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The Cottage in the Wood (1826-8?) - Nos. 41-2 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The Turnpike House (1826-8?) - Nos. 51-2 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The Hop-Picking (1826-30?) - Nos. 61-2 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
Do Your Own Work (1826-30?) - No. 67 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
Do What You Can (1826-30?) - No. 71 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
False Colours (1826-30?) - No. 72 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
It Is Not My Business (1826-30?) - No. 81 of Houlston's New Series of Religious Tracts
The Two Sisters, or Ellen and Sophia (1827)
The Little Orphan (1829)
Little Sally (1829)
The Butterfly (1829)
The Golden Chain (1829)
The Crows' Nest (1829) (listed in an advertisement but never discovered)
Darkwood Court (1829) (listed in an advertisement but never discovered)
The Apprentice (1829) (listed in an advertisement but never discovered)
The Red Book (1830)
The Father's Eye (1830)
The Mountain Ash (1830)
Obedience (1830)
The Two Paths, or The Lofty Way and The Lowly Way (1830)
The Useful Little Girl and The Little Girl Who was of no Use at all (1830)
The Flowers of the Forest (1830)
The Oddingley Murders (1830)
Sequel to the Oddingley Murders (1830)
Hard Times (1830-1)
Emmeline (1832)
Aleine, or Le Bächen Hölzli (1833)
The Convent of St. Clair (1833)
My Godmother (1833)
The Ball and the Funeral (1833?)
The Basket-Maker (1834-5)
The Red Morocco Shoes (1835)
The Roman Baths, or The Two Orphans (1835)
Saint Hospice (1835)
The Violet Leaf (1835)
The Last Request of Emily (1836)
The Well-Directed Sixpence (1836)
The School Girl (1836)
The Parson's Case of Jewels (1837)
The Indian Orphans (1839)
The Garland. A Collection of Moral Tales (1835)
Assorted
"Preface" to Scripture Exercises (1825)
Periodicals
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. [Religious Tract Society], as well as by various American publishers."[2]
The Child's Magazine (1823-4)
Collections
The Works of Mrs. Sherwood by Harper & Bros. (1834-57)
Mrs. Sherwood's Popular Tales by Milner and Sowerby (1860)
Mrs. Sherwood's Juvenile Tales by Milner and Sowerby (1861)
The Lily Series by R. B. Carter & Bros. (1869)
The Juvenile Library by Swan, Sonnenschein & Co. (1880)
Notes
^Cutt, M. Nancy. Mrs. Sherwood and her Books for Children. London: Oxford University Press, 1974. ISBN0-19-278010-7.