SHERWOOD, Mary E., author, born in Keene. N. H., about 1830. She is the daughter of James Wilson, member of congress from New Hampshire, and married John Sherwood, a lawyer of New York city. She is well known as a society leader, and has devoted special attention to the advancement of literary and artistic pursuits. One of her sons married, in 1887, Rosina Emmet, the artist. Mrs. Sherwood has given in New York city and elsewhere, for several seasons, readings that have been exceedingly successful, has written for various periodicals, and is the author of "The Sarcasm of Destiny" (New York, 1877); "Home Amusements " (1881), "Amenities of Home " (1881) ; "A Transplanted Rose" (1882); and "Manners and Social Usages" (1884).