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

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".

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!".

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

This is the recto of the back advertisement in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is blank except for some minor foxing. There is a tear on the upper right hand corner.

This is the back advertisement in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1. This advertisement is ripped on the top left corner, obscuring much of the title and subtitle of the page. The first section of books listed are title which are priced at "ONE SHILLING EACH". These titles include "TABLE TURNING AND TABLE TALKING", "BEECHER'S LECTURES ON INTEMPERANCE", "TO YOUNG MEN ON THE VICES", "FERN LEAVES, FROM FANNY'S PORTFOLIO", "HISTORY OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION", "THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING" by Miss Wetherell, and "MRS. CHISHOLM'S EMIGRANT'S GUIDE". Below are books which are priced at "EIGHTEENPENCE EACH" These titles include Southworth's "Curse of Clifton", "Christmas Evening Legends", and "Mark Sutherland", Cumming's "The Lamlighter", Dennys's "Alpha", Carey's "Clovernook", the Glenluna Family's "Dollars and Cents", "Fern Leaves, From Fanny's Portfolio", Denison's "Home Pictures", "Loves of an Apothecary", and Mathews's "Moneypenny". Below the book listings is the name and address of the publisher.

This is the first page of text in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The title of the book appears approximately 1/4 down the page. Underneath the title is a plain zierrat which separates the book title from "CHAPTER I". Underneath the chapter is the last verse from Longfellow's "It is not Always May". Below the poem is where the chapter starts.

This is the frontispiece to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1 Depicting Ellen reuniting with John in Scotland. The illustration is uncolored. There is an explanation of the illustration at the bottom of the page which reads "The meeting of Ellen and her brother John.-Page 429".

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.

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.