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  • Collection: [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

Title Page Vignette to the[1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1 Depicting Ellen Saying Goodbye to Mamma

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This is the title page vignette to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1. The picture is identical to the illustration on the cover. The illustration depicts Ellen saying goodbye to her mother, Mama, as her father stands in the background. As with the cover, the illustration is framed in decorative ivy decoration with the book title, author, and publisher incorporated into the vinery frame.

Subjects: Saying Goodbye to Mamma, Ellen, Mamma, Papa

Identifier: 2DES_16_001F

Verso of Front Flyleaf of the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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This is the verso of the front flyleaf of the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. This page is blank.

Subjects: Endpapers

Identifier: 2DES_07_001G

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

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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

Identifier: 2DES_18

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

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This is the verso of the title page to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. It is blank.

Subjects: Blank

Identifier: 2DES_19_001I

First Page of the Table of Contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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This is the first page of the table of contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The title of the page "CONTENTS" appears in gothic-style font, separated from the chapter titles by a simple zierrat. The chapters listed on this page are, "BREAKING THE NEWS", "GIVES SORROW TOTHE WINDS", "THE WORTH OF A FINGER-RING", "THE BITTER-SWEET OF LIFE", "A PEEP INTO THE WIDE WORLD", "NIGHT AND MORNING", "STRANGERS WALK AS FRIENDS", "LEAVES US IN THE STREET", "THE LITTLE QUEEN IN THE ARM-CHAIR", "MUD-AND WHAT CAME OF IT", "RUNNING AWAY WITH THE BROOK", "SPLITTERS", "HOPE DEFERRED", "MOTHER EARTH RATHER THAN AUNT FORTUNE", "COUNSEL, CAKES AND CAPTAIN PARRY", "DIFFICULTY OF DOING RIGHT", "LOSES CARE ON THE CAT'S BACK", "SHOWING THAT IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHITE IS BLACK", "HEADSICK AND HEARTSICK", "FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS", "SHOWS HOW MR. VAN BRUNT COULD BE SHARP UPON SOME THINGS", "HOW MISS FORTUNE WENT OUT AND PLEASURE CAME IN", and "SWEEPING AND DUSTING".

Subjects: Table of Contents

Identifier: 2DES_23_001J

First Page of the Table of Contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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Charles H. Clarke and Samuel O. Beeton included this Table of Contents in the single volume of their 1851 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This first page lists the first 24 chapters with the corresponding titles and pages.

Subjects: Table of Contents

Identifier: 2DES_15_001J

Second Page of the Table of Contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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This is the second page of the table of contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. This page contains the chapters, "SHOWING WHAT NOISE A BEE CAN MAKE WHEN IT GETS INTO THE HOUSE", "SUNDRY THINGS ROUND A POT OF CHOCOLATE", "THE JINGLING OF SLEIGH-BELLS", "SCRAPS-OF MOROCCO AND TALK", "STOCKINGS, TO WHICH THE "BAS BLEU" WAS NOTHING", "SUNDAY AT VENTNOR", "FLOWERS AND THORNS", "THE BANK-NOTE AND GEORGE WASHINGTON", "A GATHERING CLOUD INT HE SPRING WEATHER", "THE CLOUD OVERHEAD", "THIS 'WORKING-DAY WORLD'", "THE BROWNIE", "TIMOTHY AND HIS MASTER", 'WHERIN THE BLACK PRINCE ARRIVES OPPORTUNELY", "HALCYON DAYS", "PRODIGIOUS!", "THE CLOUDS RETURN AFTER THE RAIN", "ONE LESS IN THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD", "THOSE THAT WERE LEFT", "THE LITTLE SPIRIT THAT HAUNTED THE BIG HOUSE", "THE GUARDIAN ANGEL", "SOMETHING TURNS UP", "THE WIDE WORLD GROWS WIDER", "HOW OLD FRIENDS WERE INVESTED WITH THE REGALIA", "THOUGHT IS FREE", "TRIALS WITHOUT", "TRIALS WITHIN", and "THOU!".

Subjects: Table of Contents

Identifier: 2DES_23_001K

Second Page of the Table of Contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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Charles H. Clarke and Samuel O. Beeton included this Table of Contents in the single volume of their 1851 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This second page lists the final 28 chapters with the corresponding titles and pages.

Subjects: Table of Contents

Identifier: 2DES_15_001K

First Page of the Preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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This is the first page of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The title of the "Preface" appears approximately 1/3 down the page in gothic-style font. Underneath the title is a simple zierret which then gives way to the text beneath.

Subjects: Preface

Identifier: 2DES_21_001L

First Page of the Preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1

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Page 1 of the Preface in the 1853 Charles H. Clarke and Samuel O. Beeton, issue 1. This preface was written by Rev. C. B. Tayler.

Subjects: Preface

Identifier: 2DES_14_001L