The parent's assistant; or, stories for children. In six volumes. By Maria Edgeworth, author of practical education, and letters for literary ladies.

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• The parent's assistant; or, stories for children. In six volumes. By Maria Edgeworth, author of practical education, and letters for literary ladies.
• The parent's assistant; or stories for children. vol. 1; The birth-day present, simple susan, ... vol. 2; The bracelets, the little merchants, ... vol. 3; Old Poz, the Mimic, Mademoiselle Panache, ... vol. 4; The basket-woman, the white pigeon, the orphans, waste not, want not, forgive and forget, ... vol. 5; The barring out, eton montem, ... vol. 6

People / Organizations

• Maria Edgeworth (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for J. Johnson, Co. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard; by G. Woodfall, No. 22, Paternoster-Row, 1800.

Publication year

1800

ESTC No.

T137067

Grub Street ID

185138

Description

6v. ; 18°.

Note

Vol. 1 only has a general titlepage, and the individual titlepages bear the edition statement; vol. 1 is of the third edition, and vols. 2-6 of "The third edition, with additions"

The title of each volume begins with a list of its contents; vol. 1 is entitled: 'Lazy Lawrence, Tarlton, False key, being the first volume of The parent's assistant'; vol. 2: 'The birth-day present, Simple Susan being the second volume'; vol. 3: 'The bracelets, The little merchants, being the third volume'; vol. 4: 'Old Poz, The mimic, Mademoiselle Panache, being the fourth volume'; vol. 5: 'The basket-woman, The white pigeon, The orphans, Waste not, want not, Forgive and forget, being the fifth volume'; vol. 6: 'The barring out, Eton Montem, being the sixth volume'

In this third edition, the last word of text on sig. A2 of vols. 5-6 are "left" and "con-" and the pagination of vol. 5 is 251,[1]p.

Uncontrolled note

Vol. 1: xii,191,[1]p.; vol. 2: 225,[1]p.; vol. 3: 237,[1]p.; vol. 4: 202p.; vol. 5: 251,[1]p.; vol. 6: [2],224p