Many of her novels included illustrations by various artists. Publications Major Works, sorted in order of publication date: Philip: A story of Real Life, Written by a Mother for her Own Children (1855) Weak and Willful, a Tale for Children (1857) Jamie's Questions (1858) Live Toys, or Anecdotes of our Four-Legged and other Pets (1861) Fickle Flora and her Seaside Friends (1863) Illustrated by John Absolon The Happy Holidays, or Brothers and Sisters at Home (1865) How we Dine, or Dinners Ready (1866) The Dawn and the Object (1867) Phillis, or the Jealous One (1867) Grandmamma, a Tale for Children (1868) Constance and Nellie, or the Lost Will (1869) Vain Ambition, or Only a Girl (1878) The Holidays Abroad, or Right at Last (1881) Our Birthdays, and how to Improve Them (1881) References 1819 births 1910 deaths British children's writers 19th-century British novelists