The Parent's Assistant; or, Stories for Children. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, and Letters for Literary Ladies. In Three Volumes.

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Title The Parent's Assistant; or, Stories for Children. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, and Letters for Literary Ladies. In Three Volumes.
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Signed Author By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, and Letters for Literary Ladies.
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Volumes 3
Pagination I xii, 277; II 287; III 317
Date of Publication 1809
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Imprint Published by Joseph Milligan.
Colophon Dinmore & Cooper, Printers.
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Location of Printing Georgetown US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS notes:
V. 1. Preface, addressed to parents -- Lazy Lawrence -- Tarlton -- The false key -- The birth-day present -- Simple Susan -- v. 2. The bracelets -- The little merchants -- Old Poz -- The mimic -- Mademoiselle Panache -- v. 3. The basket-woman -- The white pigeon -- The orphans -- Waste not, want not; or, Two strings to your bow -- Forgive and forget -- The barring out; or, Party spirit -- Eton Montem.
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Edgeworth, Maria. The Parent's Assistant; or, Stories for Children. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, and Letters for Literary Ladies. In Three Volumes.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 17298, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/17298. Accessed 2025-11-06. 

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  author={Edgeworth,Maria},
  year={1809},
  title={The Parent's Assistant; or, Stories for Children. By Maria Edgeworth, Author of Practical Education, and Letters for Literary Ladies. In Three Volumes.},
  publisher={Joseph Milligan \& },
  address={Georgetown},    }

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