Name/Title
The Parent's Assistant, or, Stories for Children / Maria EdgeworthEntry/Object ID
2015.7.84Description
547 pages. With illustrations by H.W. Herrick.
A New Edition.
Contains 17 stories. Stories include: The Orphans; Lazy Lawrence; The False Key; Simple Susan; The White Pigeon; The Birthday Present; Eton Montem; Forgive and Forget; Waste Not, Want Not, Old Poz; The Mimic; The Barring Out; The Bracelets; The Little Merchants; Tarlton; The Basket Woman.
"The stories in the Parents Assistant were for older children and 'were devised to illustrate the application of personal and relative duties to more complicated situations at home or at school and thus to lead by degrees into the responsibilities of adult life." (Cutt:Ministering Angels, p. 5. Toronto 1979)Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Conduct of life, Juvenile literature, 1880sBook Details
Author
Maria EdgeworthIllustrator
Henry Walker HerrickEdition
NewPublisher
Houghton, Mifflin & CompanyPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaDate Published
circa 1880Printer
Riverside PressPlace Printed
City
CambridgeState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Eastlake DesignBinding Notes
Bound in bright green cloth hardcovers with an Eastlake stamped design of long-stemmed daisies in black and gilt to the cover and spine. Brown stone endpapers.Relationships
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Notes
Compare binding style to the edition of 1865 (2015.7.31)
