Sarah Hamer continued to write and publish novels throughout her lifetime. Hamer wrote largely for young girls, specifically in the areas of home economics and natural history. Her book The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts (under the pseudonym Phillis Browne) was notable for helping set the trend of establishing breakfast as a necessary third meal of the day, as well as popularising many common English breakfast foods. According to Kaori O'Connor "Early English cookbooks have recipes for lunch and for dinner, but no recipes at all for breakfast. Large breakfasts do not figure in English life or cookbooks until the nineteenth century, when they appear with dramatic suddenness." Food culture and "national" cuisines are often considered major elements of national identity and considered "sensitive barometers of both change and fundamental values" for a society.
Notable children Sam H. Hamer began his career by editing the
Little Folks Magazine, for Cassell and Company.
Sunlight and Shade, and
Stories and Pictures for Sundays. For his writing, Sam Hamer even used a pen name for some of his works, just like his mother---Sam Browne. The other writer in the family was Margaret Hamer, who wrote under the pen name
Maggie Browne and published
Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat which was illustrated by
Arthur Rackham,
Chats about Germany, Little Mothers and their Children, and
Wandering Ways.
Books As Phyllis Browne •
Mrs. Somerville and Mary Carpenter •
Diet and Cookery for Common Ailments • ''The Girl's Own Cooking Book'' •
Myself and My Friends •
The Dictionary of Dainty Breakfasts •
Common-Sense Housekeeping • ''A Year's Cookery. Giving Dishes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, for Every Day in the Year, Practical Instructions for Their Preparation; And A Special Section On Food For Invalids'' •
What Girls can Do: A Book for Mothers and Daughters •
Field Friends and Forest Foes •
Talks with Mothers: On the Home Training of Children As Olive Patch •
Sunny Spain: Its People and Places, With Glimpses of Its History •
Happy Little People •
Christmas Frolic and Fun •
A Parcel of Children With Some Account of their Doings •
Our Darlings and their Pets •
Familiar Friends ==References==