Sarah Murray

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Standard Name: Murray, Sarah
Birth Name: Sarah Maese
Birth Name: Sarah Mease
Married Name: Sarah Murray
Self-constructed Name: The Hon. Mrs. Murray of Kensington
Married Name: Sarah Aust
Self-constructed Name: The Hon. Mrs. Murray Aust
SM published in 1799 and later expanded on a colourful travel guide to Scotland, northern England and the Hebrides. If she is indeed the same person as Sarah Maese or Mease, she had already published a book of pedagogy with inset tales and historical material, designed to publicise a school she ran. Though the subject-matter is very different, the two publications share characteristics, notably panache, use of personal experience, lengthy descriptive titles, and progressive expansion of the original text.

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Occupation Fanny Holcroft
FH was a musician before she was a writer. She was performing for family guests by 1798, when her father's diary says a great deal about her ability, and mentions her being the principal performer...

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Murray, Sarah. A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties in the Western Highlands of Scotland, and in the Hebrides. Printed for the Author, 1803.
Murray, Sarah. A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland. Printed for the Author, 1810, 2 vols.
Murray, Sarah. A Companion, and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland, to the Lakes of Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, and to the Curiosities in the District of Craven, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Printed for the Author, 1799.
Murray, Sarah. The School, being a Series of Letters, Between a Young Lady and her Mother. W Flexney, 1772, 3 vols.
Beckford, William, and Sarah Murray. “[notes]”. A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties in the Western Highlands of Scotland, and in the Hebrides, Printed for the Author, 1803.