The Parent's Assistant, or, Stories for Children / Maria Edgeworth
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.84
Description
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' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Conduct of life, Juvenile literature, 1880s
Dimensions
Height
7 in
Book Details
Author
Maria Edgeworth
Illustrator
Henry Walker Herrick
Edition
New
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin & Company
Place Published
City
Boston
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1880
Printer
Riverside Press
Place Printed
City
Cambridge
State/Province
Massachusetts
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Eastlake Design
Binding 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.
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Related Entries
Notes
Compare binding style to the edition of 1865 (2015.7.31)
