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This is the verso of the second page of the front advertisements in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.

This is the title page to the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The title is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. Following the title is the author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child," is printed in the page's middle. A line stating the edition as the first volume of a pocketbook series is printed within a circular border containing decorative vines and flowers. Eli Charles Eginton & Co.'s address is listed as "London, 48A, Paternoster Row." Roman numerals indicate the edition's year as 1853.

This is the verso of the title page to the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. This page is stamped with "Constitution Island Association, West Point, N.Y."

This is the first page of the table of contents for the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. Contents is written on the top third of the page, separated from the chapters by a short, bold line. Chapters I-XII are listed in the left column on pages 1-58. Chapters XIII-XXIV are listed in the right column on pages 61-117. The two columns are separated by a bold line, with each side set up in the same fashion (with Roman numeral chapters, chapter titles, and page numbers).

This is the second page of the table of contents for the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. On page iv, the chapters XXV-XXXVIII are listed in the left column on pages 122-191. Chapters XXXIX-LII are listed in the right column on pages 196-271. The two columns are separated by a bold line and the two sides are set up in the same manner (with Roman numerals, chapter titles, and page numbers).

This is the first page of text in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The Wide, Wide World is written above the decorative rule, with Chapter 1 and its title under it. A portion of Longfellow's poem, "It Is Not Always May," is written beneath the chapter title. The text begins about a third of the way down the page.

This is the colophon on the last page of text in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The text is on the top third of the page, with "The End" in the middle of the page. The colophon at the bottom of the page reads, "Bradshaw and Bradlock, Printers, Manchester."

This is the verso of the last page of text in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.

This is the recto of the back flyleaf of the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint.