Life at Edgeworthstown—Educational adventures—_Practical Education_—First stories—_The Parent’s Assistant_—New elements—“Waste Not, Want Not”: the Geometric plot—“Little plays”—Settings of the tales—Practical interests—Characters—“Little touches”—_Early Lessons_—“The Purple Jar”—_Harry and Lucy_—“Nonsense in season”—_Moral Tales_—Qualities of Miss Edgeworth’s tales—“_La triste utilité_”—The Edgeworth fairy—Dr. Johnson as the fairies’ champion—Miss Edgeworth and her predecessors—The magic of science and life.