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This is the thirteenth page of back advertisements in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. This page begins with a header of the publisher and publication city. It is separated, by a simple zierrat, from the first title section of called "ELEGANT GIFT BOOKS". The subtitle gives the price of the titles below which are:The Forget-Me-Not, A Parting Gift, Gift of Love and Friendship, Songs of Home and Happiness, Emblems and Poetry of Flowers, Spring Wild Flowers, The Lady of the Lake, Sir Walter Scott's Marmion, Paul and Virginia and the Exiles of Siberia, Thomson's Seasons and the Castle of Indolence, and Ettrick Shepherd's The Queen's Wake. The net section is separated by a zierrat and titled "Also at 1s. 6d. each, cloth gilt. Morocco extra, 3s. 6d." These titles are: Reverend W.B. Clarke's Asleep in Jesus, Elijah the Tishbite, The Olney Hymns, Bogatsky's Golden Treasure, The Harp of Judah, Annals of the Poor, Todo's Stories and Sketches, and, The Student's Guide. The next section "BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG" contains the titles: Pretty Poems, Barbauld's Stories and Lessons, Pretty Tales, and Robinson Crusoe (in large type). The final section is titled "THE JEWEL GIFT BOOKS". These titles are: The Farewell Gift, The Remembrancer, The Poetry of Flowers, The Keepsake, and The Forget-Me-Not. The entire page is surrounded in a boarder with book ornaments in each corner.

This is the title page in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. The page has only the title of the novel midway down the page in large font.

In the title page for T. Nelson & Sons 1852 edition of the novel, the text is enclosed within a ruled border. The title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed in the page's middle. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," appears between two decorative rules.T. Nelson & Sons' address is listed as, "London, Paternoster Row, and Edinburgh."

This black and white title vignette is from the 1852 Nelson&sons Reprint. It depicts Ellen ridding the Brownie through a country road, surrounded by trees and rocks, looking behind her as she rides.

This is the twelfth page of back advertisements in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. The page begins with a header containing the publisher and publication city. Underneath is the page title "BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG" separated from the header by a simple zierrat. The titles advertised here are: The Great Secret, The Cousins, Allen Lucas, Charles Linn, The Golden Rule, The Basket of Flowers, Little Robinson of Paris, The Story Book of Wonders in Nature and Art, The Boy's Own Book of Stories From History, The Trial of Skill, Tales for the Young, Annals of the Poor, and Scripture Illustrated. The next set of titles is smaller separated from the first by a simple zierrat and a subtitle containing the price. These titles are: The Boy Makes the Man, Stories for Girls, My Own Story Book about Beasts, and My Own Story Book about Birds. The entire page is outlined in a simple boarder with book ornaments in each corner.

This is the verso of the back flyleaf in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. This page is blank.

This is the verso of the back flyleaf of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. This page is blank and intact.

This is the verso of the front flyleaf with inscription in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. There is a stamp in the center top of the page with what appears to be a previous owners name written in the middle of the page.

This is the verso of the last page of text in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. This page is blank.

This is the verso of the tissue preceding the title page vignette in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. This page is blank.