The Parent's Assistant

Infobox Book |
name = The Parent's Assistant


image_caption = Title page from the second edition
author = Maria Edgeworth
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country = Britain
language = English
genre = children's literature
publisher = Joseph Johnson
release_date = 1796
media_type = Print
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isbn = NA

"The Parent's Assistant" is the first collection of children's stories by Maria Edgeworth, published by Joseph Johnson in 1796. The first edition had six stories: "Lazy Lawrence", "Tarlton", "The Little Dog Trusty", "The Orange Man", "The False Key", and the "Barring Out". In later editions more material was added, most notably, "The Purple Jar", and a play for children, "Old Poz". [Carpenter, H. and M. Prichard. 1984. "The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature", Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York. p 395.] The 1865 American edition contained the following stories: "Lazy Lawrence", "Tarlton", "The False Key", "The Birthday Present", "Simple Susan", "The Bracelets", "The Little Merchants", "Old Poz", "The Mimic", "Mademoiselle Panache", "The Basket Woman", "The White Pigeon", "The Orphans", "Waste Not, Want Not", "Forgive and Forget", "The Barring Out, or Party Spirit", and "Eton Montem". [ Edgeworth, Maria. 1796, 1865. "The Parent's Assistant, or Stories for Children", Ashmead and Evans, Philadelphia.]

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References

* Carpenter, Humphrey and Mari Prichard. "Oxford Companion to Children's Literature". Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0198602286
* Zipes, Jack (ed) et al. "The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English." W. W. Norton, 2005. ISBN 0393327760
* Zipes, Jack (ed.). "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Volumes 1-4". Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0195146565
* Watson, Victor, "The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English". Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0521550645
* Demmers, Patricia (ed). "From Instruction to Delight: An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850", Oxford University Press, 2003. [http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LiteratureEnglish/WorldLiterature/Canada/?view=usa&sf=toc&ci=9780195418897 Table of Contents] . 384 pages. ISBN 0195418891.
* St. John, Judith. "The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910, A Catalogue", Toronto Public Library.

External links

* [http://www.bl.uk/collections/britirish/chilintro.html British Library: Children's Literature]
* Search publishing histories: [http://copac.ac.uk/ Copac: Academic & National Library Catalogue] at the University of Manchester.
* Another website: [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list British Library: Integrated Catalogue] .
* Search: [http://catalog.loc.gov/ Library of Congress Online Catalog]
* Search: [http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections]
* [http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~cpercy/courses/eng457-2004-CourseDescription.htm Course syllabus: Studies in Eighteenth century literature: Books for Children] , at the University of Toronto.