History, and others. He also produced an edition of the works of Francis Bacon.

Later life

After his wife Isabella died in 1865, Beeton's fortunes failed and he was obliged to sell the rights to the "Beeton" name to rival publishers, such as Ward, Lock & Co. and Frederick Warne & Co., and work for them for a salary. His last years were clouded by the tuberculosis from

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