Blanche McManus Biography

Blanche McManus (1869-1935) 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.

McManus was born on Talledega Plantation, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in 1870 and died in Louisiana on 13 June 1935.

McManus inherited Hampton Hall, a historic mansion in Woodville, Mississippi, with her two sisters in 1909. She did the murals in the parlour.

Books written/illustrated (many may be cover design illustrations only):-

The Adventures of Captain Horn, 1895 by Frank R. Stockton (Charles Scribner's)

Boss and Other Dogs, 1896 by Maria Louise Pool (Chicago: Stone and Kimball)

Kate Carnegie, 1896 by Ian Maclaren (Dodd, Mead)

Margaret Carmichael, 1896 by Charles Gibbon (New Amsterdam Book Co.)

The True Mother Goose, 1896 by Blanche McManus (Boston: Lamson Wolffe & Co.)

Recessional, 1897 by Rudyard Kipling (NY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels)

Blown Away, 1897 by Richard Mansfield (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Childhood's Songs of Long Ago, 1897 by Isaac Watts (NY: E. R. Herrick)

A Mince Pie Dream: A Book of Children's Verse, 1897 by Emily D. Elton (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

The Voyage of the Mayflower, 1897 by Blanche McManus (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

How the Dutch Came to Manhattan, 1897 by Blanche McManus (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

When Cupid Calls, 1898 by Tom Hall (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

Henty Series, 1898 by G.A. Henty (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Crossing the Bar, 1898 by Alfred Lord Tennyson (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

Told in the Twilight: Stories to Tell Children, 1898 by Blanche McManus (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

Mandalay, 1898 by Rudyard Kipling (NY: M. F. Mansfield & Co.)

Bachelor Ballads, 1898 by Blanche McManus (NY: New Amsterdam Book Co.)

A Canticle of Wine, or the Drinking Song of Walter D. Mapes, 1898 by Walter Mapes        (NY: M. F. Mansfield & Co.)

Holly and Pizen, 1899 by Ruth McEnery Stuart (The Century Co.)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1899 by Lewis Carroll (NY: M.F. Mansfield & A. Wessels)

The Betrothed, 1899 by Rudyard Kipling (NY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels)

The Quaker Colony, 1899 by Blanche McManus (NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.)

 "In Memoriam", 1900 by Alfred Lord Tennyson (London: The Bankside Press)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, 1900 by Lewis Carroll        (NY: A. Wessels Company)

The Cathedrals of Northern France, 1903 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The Motor Pirate, 1904 by G. Sidney Paternoster (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The 'Sov'rane Herb' and the Smokers Year, a Calendar for MDCCCCIIII, 1904 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Romantic Ireland, 1904 by M.F. and Blanche McManus Mansfield (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Cathedrals of Southern France, 1904 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The Spell of Old Paris, 1905 by Henry C. Shelley (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The Cathedrals of Northern Spain, 1905 by Charles Rudy (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Rambles in Brittany, 1905 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Rambles in Normandy, 1905 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little English Cousin, 1905 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little French Cousin, 1905 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine, 1905 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

In Colonial Days, 1906 by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Castles and Chateaux of Touraine and the Loire Country, 1906 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Rambles on the Riviera, 1906 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Scotch Cousin, 1906 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Dutch Cousin, 1906 by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Fernando, Our Little Spanish Cousin, 1906 by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The Seven Poor Travellers, 1907 by Charles Dickens (The Century Co.)

The Automobilist Abroad, 1907 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces, 1907 by Francis Miltoun    (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Hindu Cousin, 1907 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Arabian Cousin, 1907 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Alaskan Cousin, 1906 by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.).

Old Boston in Colonial Days, 1908 by Mary Caroline Crawford (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

In the Land of Mosques and Minarets, 1908 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The Spell of Algeria and Tunisia, 1908 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Egyptian Cousin, 1908 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Inns and Taverns of Old London, 1909 by Henry C. Shelley (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car, 1909 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy & the Border Provinces, 1909 by Francis Miltoun    (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Royal Palaces and Parks of France, 1910 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

Our Little Belgian Cousin, 1911 by Blanche McManus (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The American Woman Abroad, 1911 by Blanche McManus (NY: Dodd, Mead)

Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes: Children's Favorite Rhymes & Jingles, 1912 by Blanche McManus (NY: The Platt & Peck Co.)

The Spell of Normandy, 1925 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)

The Spell of Brittany, 1927 by Francis Miltoun (Boston: L. C. Page & Co.)