will understand and use language appropriate for them. Her comparison of the body's nervous system and the electric telegraph was approved in A study of the history of modern insomnia (2014), as "allowing anatomical fundamentals to be conveyed even in a children's book". Personal life During the 1840s, Bullar worked to raise money for the new Royal South Hants Infirmary. She died on 29 June 1856, aged 43, and was buried at St Nicolas's Anglican Church, North Stoneham. Selected works Books Six books are attributed to Bullar. Only one appeared under her own name during her life. After her death, they appeared under her name in her publisher's catalogues. It is unknown whether the illustrations were hers or by an illustrator. 1837: Elements of Practical Knowledge or The Young Inquirer Answered. London, John van Voorst. Published anonymously during her life; 2nd edition published under her name. 1844: Domestic Scenes in Greenland and Iceland. London, John van Voorst. Published anonymously during her life; 2nd edition published under her name. 1850: Every-day wonders; or, facts in physiology which all should know. London, John van Voorst. Published anonymously. 1851: England before the Norman Conquest. London, John van Voorst. Published anonymously during her life. 1855: A Sunday book for the young; or, habits of patriarchal times in the East. London, John van Voorst. Published anonymously during her life. 1862: Every-day wonders of bodily life, essential to be known for health and comfort. London, Jarrold and Sons. Published posthumously under her own name. References 1812 births 1856 deaths 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English writers Writers from Southampton British women children's writers