A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Sewell, Elizabeth M.
SEWELL, ELIZABETH M.,
Is sister of the Rev. William Sewell, A. M., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford, and well known as the author of "Hawkstone," and as the editor of her works. Miss Sewell's first publication was anonymous—"Stories on the Lord's Prayer," about 1843. The next, "Amy Herbert," established her reputation as a graceful and useful writer, both in this country and America. It was followed, at intervals, by "Gertrude," "Margaret Percival," in two volumes, "Laneton Parsonage," and "The Earl's Daughter;" besides, she united with her brother, the Professor, and the Rev. W. Adams, in bringing out a volume called "The Sketches," consisting of stories, of which she wrote "Walter Lorimer." She is also author of a little volume entitled "Is it a Dream?" All her works have been republished in the United States and widely circulated. Pious sentiment is the predominating characteristic of the writings of this amiable lady. Belonging to what is styled the High Church, she delineates with much effect the educational power of religion. Her patients, persons of great worth and respectability, are deceased, and she resides with other members of her family at Seagrove Cottage, in the Isle of Wight.