(b) Mrs. Cameron, Mrs. Sherwood’s sister, was also a prolific writer of children’s chap-books; but these are undistinguished in style and matter. (See B. M. collections under title: “Cameron’s Tales”.)
The introduction to Mrs. Sherwood’s version of The Governess states that “the little volume was published before the middle of the last century, and is said to have been written by a sister of the celebrated Fielding”.
Mary Elliott (afterwards Mrs. Belson), a Quaker, wrote many other tales for children. Among these are: Precept and Example (c. 1812); The Modern Goody Two Shoes (c. 1818); The Adventures of Thomas Two Shoes: “being a sequel to the Modern G. T. S.” (c. 1818); The Rambles of a Butterfly (1819); Confidential Memoirs, or the Adventures of a Parrot, a Greyhound, a Cat and a Monkey (1821).
Priscilla Wakefield, another Quaker, was the author of Mental Improvement, The Juvenile Travellers and other instructive books.
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The Stories in The Parent’s Assistant (1845) are:—
Vol. I. Lazy Laurence; Tarlton; The False Key; The Birth-day Present; Simple Susan.