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This is the second page of the table of contents for volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 1. The chapters included on this page are, "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," "Showing what noise a bee can make when it gets into the house," "Sundry things round a pot of chocolate," "The jingling of sleigh-bells," and "Scraps-of Morocco and talk." Each chapter is given its corresponding Roman numeral to the left of it. The page the chapter begins on is printed at the right side of the page, separated from the title by a line of ellipsis.

This is the first page of text in volume 1 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. On this page "THE WIDE WIDE WORLD" is printed approximately 1/4 down the page. Underneath the title is a decorative zierrat with three diamonds symmetrically placed on the line. Below the zierrat is printed "CHAPTER I." below the chapter title is the last verse of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "It Is Not Always May". The chapter then begins with the first word of the text in all capitals and bolded from the rest of the text.

This is the tail of volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2.

This is the Title Page to Volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th Edition, Version 2. A pencil marking of the previous owner says "Hull" in cursive at the top of the page. Beginning the title page, "THE" is typed alone and in a small font, followed by "WIDE, WIDE WORLD" is typed in bold and larger beneath it. "BY ELIZABETH WETHERELL." follows. Underneath the author appear lines 120-126 of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "To a Child". A sketch of the world with various surnames appears. "VOLUME II." is typed beneath the sketch followed by "SIXTEENTH EDITION." At the bottom, the Publisher and their address are given.

This is the colophon for volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The text on this page appears halfway down the page and gives the publishing information of the book. In the bottom left-hand corner of the text block the printers "Grossman & Son, Printers" are named along with their address.

This is the first page of the table of contents for volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. Approximately a third of the way down the page "CONTENTS OF VOL. II." is printed. Beneath, there is a Zierrat with a simple three-diamond design placed symmetrically. Beneath the Zierrat the chapter listings begin. The chapters are all listed with their corresponding Roman numerals (for this volume). Each chapter title is connected to its corresponding page number by a line of ellipses. The chapters listed include, "Stockings, to which the 'Bas Bleau' was nothing," "Sunday at Ventnor," "Flowers and Thorns," "The bank-note and George Washinton," "A gathering cloud in the spring weather," "The cloud overhead," "This 'working-day world,'" "The Brownie," "Timothy and his master," "Wherein the Black Prince arrives opportunely," "Halcyon days," "'Prodigious,'" "'The clouds return after the rain,'" "One less in the wide, wide world," "Those that were left," "The little spirit that haunted the big house," "The guardian angel," "'Something turns up,'" "The wide world grown wider."

This is the second page of the table of contents for volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The number 4 appears in the top left corner of the heading beneath "CONTENTS" which is italicized. Chapters are listed with their corresponding Roman Numerals. The chapters listed include, "How old friends were invested with the Regalia", "thought is free", "Trials without", "Trials within", and "Thou !". the page number appears on the right side of the text block at the end of a line of ellipses connecting the chapter title to the number.

This black and white illustration appearing on page 126c of volume one of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen at the spout. In the illustration, Ellen is wearing a white dress with a black vest. She is leaning over the overflowing water basin and running her hands under the water coming from the spout.