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This is the front pastedown and first page of front advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The entire page has a simple boarder around it with book ornaments in each corner. The page begins with the title "List of Works published by T. Nelson and Sons". The citites appear next, followed by the subtitle "and to be obtained by order of all booksellers". There isa zierrat with an unfilled diamond below, followed by the list of titles. These titles include:Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands, The Reverend Bishop Russel's History of Egypt, and Palestine, Sir Leslie's Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and Regions, The Seasons of the Year, and Professor Olmstead's The Mechanism of the Heavens. Each title has a short paragraph of description with it. Written at the top of the page is written "17" and "#319" in ink by a previous owner.

This is the second page of front advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page begins with the publisher and city at the top followed by a simple zierrat. Below the zierrat is the title "INTERESTING NEW WORKS". The works listed below are: Travels and Researches of Alexander Von Humboldt, Murray's History of British India, Tytler's Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Life of Henry the Eighth, The Reverend Professor Towell's and Dr. D. Wilson's History of the Puritans in England and the Pilgrim Fathers, Poetical Works and Remains of Henry Kirke White, Cowper's Poetical Works, The Circumnavigation of the Globe, Dr. Crichton's History of Arabia and its People, and Success in Life. 
The entire page has a simple boarder with book decorations in each corner.

This is the verso of the second page of front advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank.

This is the title page in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank except for the bolded title of the novel.

This is the verso of the title page in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank.

This is the recto of the frontispiece in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank save for some minor foxing.

This black and white frontispiece is from the 1853 Nelson & Sons "Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. It depicts a scene from page 43, where Ellen and her mother are in the Parlour. Ellen's other sits in her chair, her daughter kneeling before. Behind them is a little table, facing an open window. On the table, is a basket of birds. The quote at the bottom of the image says, "Now, mamma, these birds are mine you know, and I give them to you. You must pay me a kiss for them, mamma; they are worth that.--Page 43.

This black and white illustration, appearing as the title page vignette to the 1853 T. Nelson and Sons reprint, depicts Ellen preparing to mount The Brownie. A caption below the illustration quotes a sentence from page 11 and reads, "Looking round sometimes, as if to make sure that it was herself, and giving a little kind of satisfied neigh when he saw that it was," and conveys the closeness of Ellen and her horse. In the illustration, Ellen stands on a tree stump, wearing a straw hat and apron, and grabs The Brownie's reigns as she prepares to mount him. A dog sits in front of The Brownie looking up at Ellen. The right side of the illustration is framed by foliage while an open field extends into the background of the left side of the illustration.

This is the verso of the title page vignette in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page is blank except for some minor foxing.

This is the title page to the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page begins with the title of the book in bold followed by the author, Elizabeth Wetherell. After the author an excerpt from Longfellow's "It is Not Always May" appears. Underneath the excerpt at the bottom of the page is the city and publisher. A previous owner has written in the year "1853" underneath the publisher. The entire page has a simple boarder around it.