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this is the first page of advertisements from the Ward, Lock & Co. 1882 edition. It include a list of other books from the "Lily Series"

This is an example chapter break of the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co. edition. Chapter II starts halfway down on page 12. It is separated from the end of chapter I by a decorative rule. Under Chapter II, there is a portion of an Amy Lathrop poem. The text begins at the bottom third of the page.

This is the first page of text in the 1882 Ward, Lock & Co. edition. there is a decorative bar across the top filled with a floral design. The Wide, Wide World is written in the center of the page, followed by Chapter I. An excerpt from Longfellow's poem, "It Is Not Always May," is above the text.

Ward, Lock, and Co. used this red, cloth-covered binding for an [1882] edition of The Wide, Wide World. The title is placed in front of stamped white lilies. A stamped ribbon is wrapped around the base of the flowers denoting this book is part of "The Lily Series."  The cover also uses black ink stamping on top of the red cloth, forming a border and a background for the white lilies.