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This black and white illustration, appearing as the frontispiece to the 1853 G. Routledge & Co. reprint, depicts Ellen left alone at the door of the village inn, the “Star” of Thirwall, to meet her aunt. The stagecoach that left Ellen there can be seen driving away, carrying the maid Timmins who had cared for Ellen on her journey. A stranger, later identified as Sam, looms behind Ellen, sweeping the porch of the inn. A number of chickens and ducks wander in the street around Ellen. The caption below the illustration reads, "Ellen left at the door of the Village Inn," referencing the scene on page 81 of the novel, at the end of chapter VIII and the beginning of chapter IX. The name of the illustrator, Dalziel, is inscribed in the lower-right corner of the illustration.

In the title page of George Routledge and Sons, Limited's 1899 edition of the novel, the title is printed in the page's top quarter without a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed below. An inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's, "To a Child," appears in the page's middle. George Routledge and Sons, Limited's address is listed as, "London, Broadway, Ludgate Hill," and "Manchester and New York."

A black and white frontispiece from the 1899 George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Reprint. The image depicts Aunt Fortune, brandishing a bean pole, a determined and fierce look on her face, ready to fight off Timothy the bull. Ellen stands behind her, hiding in a bush.