Title Page to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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THE
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.
BT

ELIZABETH WETHERELL.
With a Preface

By

REV. C. B. TAYLER.
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY M. E. DEAR.
Here at the portal thou doet eland.

And with thy little hand

Thou openest the mysterious gate Into the foture’s undiscovered land.

I see its valves expand.

As at the touch of Fate,

Into those realms of Love and hatel

Longfellow
LONDON:

CHARLES H. CLARKE, 48a, PATERNOSTER ROW.

Citation

Charles H. Clarke and Samuel O. Beeton, “Title Page to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton & Co. Reprint, Version 1,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed April 24, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/2017.

Description

This is the title page to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page begins with the title and the author underneath. Following the author is stated "With a Preface" In gothic-style font. Rev. C. B. Tayler is credited underneath with the preface. Between two simple zierrats underneath appears "WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY M. E. DEAR.". Beneath the illustration credit is an excerpt from Longfellow's "To a Child." The page ends with the publisher and their address.

Subjects

Title Page

Date

1853

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, Edited with a preface by C.B. Tayler. London: Clarke, Beeton, & Co., [1853].

Creator

Charles H. Clarke and Samuel O. Beeton

Contributor

SIUE IRIS Center
Collection of Jessica DeSpain

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Clarke, Beeton

Coverage

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London

Relation

IsPartOf 2DES

Identifier

2DES_18