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This is in the first page of back advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. This page is surrounded by a thin boarder with book ornaments in each corner. At the top of the page is the publisher and their publication cities. Underneath the publisher is a simple zierrat followed by a bolded "CABINET EDITIONS OF THE POETS," with the subtitle "BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL." in a smaller font. The first three listings are classified as "Now Ready". These are:The Life and Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, Cowper's Poetical Works, and Longfellow's Poetical Works. All of these titles are accompanied by a short paragraph. Underneath these three titles is another simple Zierrat which leads to the "BOOKS FOR THE FAMILY LIBRARY" section. These titles include: The Christian Missionary, Forester's Life of Sarah B. Judson, Reverand Hollis Read's The Young Lady's Companion, and The Hand of God in History, The Planetary and Stellar worlds, Elijah the Tishbite, Krummacher's Elisha, and Bogatsky's Golden Treasury.  

This is the first page of text in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The page begins with the book's title at approximately 1/6 way down the page. After the title is a simple zierrat with the Chapter underneath. Underneath the chapter title is an excerpt from Longfellow's "It is not always May".

This is the first page of the table of contents for the in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. The page begins approximately 1/4 down the page with the title "CONTENTS" a simple zierrat is placed below to give way to the chapter listings. Each chapter title is accompanied with its corresponding Roman numeral and is connected to the right hand page number by a line of elipses. The chapter titles listed here are: "Breaking the News", "Gives Sorrow to the 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", "Work not Deferred", "Mother Earth rather than Aunto 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", "Sweeping and Dusting", "Shows 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 in the Spring Weather", "The Cloud Overhead", and "This 'Working-day World'".

This is the fore edge of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The fore edge is intact with minor wear on the edges.

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 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 is the full cover of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The cover is red. On the front the publisher's collection is listed first with the title of the book and author below. The publisher is listed at the bottom beneath an illustration of Ellen and the Brownie.

This is the head of the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" Reprint. The head is mostly intact except for a separating spine on the top right corner. the other parts of the binding are together except for wear on the corners.

This is in the recto of the first page of back advertisements in the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons "Nelson's Library for Travellers and the Fireside" reprint. This 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.