Description547 pages. With illustrations by H.W. Herrick. A New Edition. Contains 17 stories. Stories include: The Orphans; Lazy Lawrence; The False Key; Simple Susan; The White Pigeon; The Birthday Present; Eton Montem; Forgive and Forget; Waste Not, Want Not, Old Poz; The Mimic; The Barring Out; The Bracelets; The Little Merchants; Tarlton; The Basket Woman. "The stories in the Parents Assistant were for older children and 'were devised to illustrate the application of personal and relative duties to more complicated situations at home or at school and thus to lead by degrees into the responsibilities of adult life." (Cutt:Ministering Angels, p. 5. Toronto 1979)