Title Page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint

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THE
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.
BY

ELIZABETH WETHERELL.

Here at the portal thou dost stand,
And with thy little hand
Thou opencst the mysterious gate;
Into the future’s undiscover’d land
I see its valves expand,
As at the touch of FatE!
Into those realms of Love and Hate.
Longfellow

LONDON:

H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1853.

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Citation

Bradbury and Evans, “Title Page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed March 29, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/3003.

Description

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn "Standard Library" Reprint.
The title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's name is printed under the pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," is printed in the page's middle. H.G. Bohn's address is listed as "London, York Street, Covent Gardens."

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Title Page

Date

1853

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, Standard Library, London: H. G. Bohn, 1853.

Creator

Bradbury and Evans

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Bohn

Coverage

York Street, London

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Identifier

82CIA_18