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The Parent's Assistant
The Parent's Assistant is the first collection of children's stories by Maria Edgeworth, published by Joseph Johnson in 1796. 
Contents.
The first edition (Part I) had five stories: "Lazy Lawrence", "Tarlton", "The Little Dog Trusty," "The Orange Man" and "The False Key". "Barring Out" was included in the second edition of Part I published the same year. In later editions more material was added, most notably,
Publisher and author.
Sperling founded astronomical supplier and publisher Everything in the Universe in 1977. He has been assistant editor for Sky & Telescope magazine and was science editor for AltaVista. , Sperling is the editor and publisher of the Journal of Irreproducible Results, a science humor magazine. He authored "What Your Astronomy Textbook Won't Tell You" and "Any Parent's Recipe for Great Baseball" He edited and published John Dobson's book "How and Why to Make a User-Friendly Sidewalk Telescope." He has