The Mary Frances Book series
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This first post is going to be about The Mary Frances book series.
The series follows the adventures of a little girl whose name is Mary Frances, as she learns to be the ideal housewife thanks to fairies present in various forms.
The books were published in this order:
1. The Mary Frances Cook Book (1912)
Privately published as 'Easy Steps in Cooking for Big and Little Girls' according to here, then when Fryer found a publisher in 1912 it was renamed 'Mary Frances' First Cook Book' in 1912. The cover was then changed to the one you most commonly see on reprints today.
A couple of years ago another person devoted to the Mary Frances series' (more devoted than me it seems!) republished the books as '100th anniversary editions'. The 100th anniversary edition of the cook book supposedly has modern day oven temperatures, something which would have been a big help back when I first tried making some of the recipes!
2. The Mary Frances Sewing Book (1913)
3. The Mary Frances Housekeeper (1914)
4. The Mary Frances Garden Book (1916)
I love how the rest of the book covers are blue themed apart from this one, which is green themed.
5. The Mary Frances First Aid Book (1916)
6. The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book (1918)
7. The Mary Frances Story Book (1921)
Different to the previous books, The Mary Frances Story Book is solely story with no instruction.
Jane Eayre Fryer also published several other works, most of which are accessible by the Internet Archive. It seems like she was a really clever woman of her time!
This first post is going to be about The Mary Frances book series.
The series follows the adventures of a little girl whose name is Mary Frances, as she learns to be the ideal housewife thanks to fairies present in various forms.
The books were published in this order:
1. The Mary Frances Cook Book (1912)
Privately published as 'Easy Steps in Cooking for Big and Little Girls' according to here, then when Fryer found a publisher in 1912 it was renamed 'Mary Frances' First Cook Book' in 1912. The cover was then changed to the one you most commonly see on reprints today.
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2. The Mary Frances Sewing Book (1913)
3. The Mary Frances Housekeeper (1914)
4. The Mary Frances Garden Book (1916)
I love how the rest of the book covers are blue themed apart from this one, which is green themed.
5. The Mary Frances First Aid Book (1916)
6. The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book (1918)
7. The Mary Frances Story Book (1921)
Different to the previous books, The Mary Frances Story Book is solely story with no instruction.
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