Mary Wright Sewell (6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular in her own time for in particular writing bestsellers aimed at the younger reader, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty.

• 7 Introduction - Before Black Beauty: Looking for Mary Sewell Thomas Ruys Smith45 - Homely Ballads for the Working Man’s Fireside (1858)Faith, Hope and Charity 47The Funeral Bell 53The Miller’s Wife 55Abel Howard and his Family 61The Thieves’ Ladder 66The Guilty Conscience; or Hell begun 70The Poor Little Boy 74The Common 75The Working Woman’s Appeal 77Mrs Godliman 81A Religious Woman 85The Young English Gentleman 94The Primrose Gatherers 96Boy Going to Service 98The Drunkard’s Wife 99The Young Nurse Girl 102The Bad Manager 105Sixty Years Ago 107111 - Stories in Verse for the Street and Lane (1861)The Chaffinch’s Nest 113Widow Haye; or, The Gossiping Neighbours 118Miriam 125The Boy and the Rooks 133The Lady’s Dilemma 135The Drunkards 139A Sad Story 144The London Attic (Another Story) 150The Green Hill Side 153The Traveller and the Farmer 155The Little Schismatics; or, Irreligion 159Marriage as it May Be 166The Bad Servant 170A Ghost Story 173Crazed 177The Two Noblemen 179191 - Mother’s Last Words (1860)207 - Children of Summerbrook (1859)

Mary Wright Sewell (6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular in her own time for in particular writing bestsellers aimed at the younger reader, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty.

• 7 Introduction - Before Black Beauty: Looking for Mary Sewell Thomas Ruys Smith45 - Homely Ballads for the Working Man’s Fireside (1858)Faith, Hope and Charity 47The Funeral Bell 53The Miller’s Wife 55Abel Howard and his Family 61The Thieves’ Ladder 66The Guilty Conscience; or Hell begun 70The Poor Little Boy 74The Common 75The Working Woman’s Appeal 77Mrs Godliman 81A Religious Woman 85The Young English Gentleman 94The Primrose Gatherers 96Boy Going to Service 98The Drunkard’s Wife 99The Young Nurse Girl 102The Bad Manager 105Sixty Years Ago 107111 - Stories in Verse for the Street and Lane (1861)The Chaffinch’s Nest 113Widow Haye; or, The Gossiping Neighbours 118Miriam 125The Boy and the Rooks 133The Lady’s Dilemma 135The Drunkards 139A Sad Story 144The London Attic (Another Story) 150The Green Hill Side 153The Traveller and the Farmer 155The Little Schismatics; or, Irreligion 159Marriage as it May Be 166The Bad Servant 170A Ghost Story 173Crazed 177The Two Noblemen 179191 - Mother’s Last Words (1860)207 - Children of Summerbrook (1859)

Mary Wright Sewell (6 April 1797 – 10 June 1884) was an English poet and children's author. Though popular in her own time for in particular writing bestsellers aimed at the younger reader, she is better known today as the mother of Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty.

• 7 Introduction - Before Black Beauty: Looking for Mary Sewell Thomas Ruys Smith45 - Homely Ballads for the Working Man’s Fireside (1858)Faith, Hope and Charity 47The Funeral Bell 53The Miller’s Wife 55Abel Howard and his Family 61The Thieves’ Ladder 66The Guilty Conscience; or Hell begun 70The Poor Little Boy 74The Common 75The Working Woman’s Appeal 77Mrs Godliman 81A Religious Woman 85The Young English Gentleman 94The Primrose Gatherers 96Boy Going to Service 98The Drunkard’s Wife 99The Young Nurse Girl 102The Bad Manager 105Sixty Years Ago 107111 - Stories in Verse for the Street and Lane (1861)The Chaffinch’s Nest 113Widow Haye; or, The Gossiping Neighbours 118Miriam 125The Boy and the Rooks 133The Lady’s Dilemma 135The Drunkards 139A Sad Story 144The London Attic (Another Story) 150The Green Hill Side 153The Traveller and the Farmer 155The Little Schismatics; or, Irreligion 159Marriage as it May Be 166The Bad Servant 170A Ghost Story 173Crazed 177The Two Noblemen 179191 - Mother’s Last Words (1860)207 - Children of Summerbrook (1859)