Blanche McManus


Blanche McManus was an American writer and artist. She and her husband, Milburg Francisco Mansfield wrote a series of illustrated travel books, many of which included information about automobiles which were new at the time.

Biography

McManus was born on Talledega Plantation, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in 1870 and died in Louisiana on June 13, 1935.
McManus inherited Hampton Hall, a historic mansion in Woodville, Mississippi, with her two sisters in 1909. She did the murals in the parlor.

Books Written/Illustrated

Many of these books may have only been cover design illustrations by Blanche McManus.
DateAuthorTitlePublisher
1896Maria Louise PoolBoss and Other DogsChicago: Stone and Kimball
1896Ian MaclarenKate CarnegieDodd, Mead
1896Charles GibbonMargaret CarmichaelNew Amsterdam Book Co.
1896Blanche McManusThe True Mother Goose.Boston: Lamson Wolffe & Co.
1897Rudyard KiplingRecessionalNY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels
1897Richard MansfieldBlown AwayBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1897Isaac WattsChildhood's Songs of Long AgoNY: E. R. Herrick
1897Emily D. EltonA Mince Pie Dream: A Book of Children's VerseNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1897Blanche McManusThe Voyage of the MayflowerNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1897Blanche McManusHow the Dutch Came to ManhattanNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898Tom HallWhen Cupid CallsNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898G. A. HentyHenty SeriesBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1898Alfred Lord TennysonCrossing the BarNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898Blanche McManusTold in the Twilight: Stories to Tell ChildrenNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898Rudyard KiplingMandalayNY: M. F. Mansfield & Co.
1898Blanche McManusBachelor BalladsNY: New Amsterdam Book Co.
1898Walter MapesA Canticle of Wine, or the Drinking Song of Walter D. MapesNY: M. F. Mansfield & Co.
1899Ruth McEnery StuartHolly and PizenThe Century Co.
1899Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandNY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels
1899Rudyard KiplingThe BetrothedNY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels
1899Blanche McManusThe Quaker ColonyNY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1900Alfred Lord Tennyson"In Memoriam"London: The Bankside Press
1900Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking GlassNY: A. Wessels Company
1903Francis MiltounThe Cathedrals of Northern France Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904G. Sidney PaternosterThe Motor PirateBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904Blanche McManusThe 'Sov'rane Herb' and the Smokers Year, a Calendar for MDCCCCIIIIBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904M.F. and Blanche McManus MansfieldRomantic IrelandBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904Francis MiltounCathedrals of Southern FranceBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Henry C. ShelleyThe Spell of Old ParisBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Charles RudyThe Cathedrals of Northern SpainBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Francis MiltounRambles in BrittanyBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Francis MiltounRambles in NormandyBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Blanche McManusOur Little English CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Blanche McManusOur Little French CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905Francis MiltounCathedrals and Churches of the RhineBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Nathaniel HawthorneIn Colonial DaysBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Francis MiltounCastles and Chateaux of Touraine and the Loire CountryBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Francis MiltounRambles on the RivieraBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Blanche McManusOur Little Scotch CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Mary F. Nixon-RouletOur Little Dutch CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Mary F. Nixon-RouletFernando, Our Little Spanish CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907Charles DickensThe Seven Poor TravelersThe Century Co.
1907Francis MiltounThe Automobilist AbroadBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907Francis MiltounCastles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque ProvincesBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907Blanche McManusOur Little Hindu CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907Blanche McManusOur Little Arabian CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906Mary F. Nixon-RouletOur Little Alaskan CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908Mary Caroline CrawfordOld Boston in Colonial DaysBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908Francis MiltounIn the Land of Mosques and MineretsBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908Francis MiltounThe Spell of Algeria and TunisiaBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908Blanche McManusOur Little Egyptian CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1909Henry C. ShelleyInns and Taverns of Old LondonBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1909Francis MiltounItalian Highways and Byways from a Motor CarBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1909Francis MiltounCastles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy & the Border ProvincesBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1910Francis MiltounRoyal Palaces and Parks of FranceBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1911Blanche McManusOur Little Belgian CousinBoston: L. C. Page & Co.
1911Blanche McManusThe American Woman AbroadNY: Dodd, Mead
1912Blanche McManusMother Goose Nursery Rhymes: Children's Favorite Rhymes & JinglesNY: The Platt & Peck Co.
1925Francis MiltounThe Spell of Normandy Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1927Francis MiltounThe Spell of BrittanyBoston: L. C. Page & Co.