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This is page vii of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. This page is all text except for the header which reads "PREFACE".

This is the viii page of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is all text except for a header which reads "PREFACE" and an excerpt from Herbert approximately 2/3 down the page.

This is page ix of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co.reprint, version 1.

This is page x of the preface to the he [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is full of text except for the header which says "PREFACE" and an excerpt from George Herbert in the middle of the page, "Religion stand on tiptoe in our land, Ready to pass to the American strand."

This is the last page of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The top right corner is marked with the pages' roman numeral. At the end of the text the author of the preface, Charles B. Tayler, is named. Underneath Tayler is written "Otley Rectory, Ipswich, Dec. 23rd, 1853." 

George Palmer Putnam included this Table of Contents in the first volume of their 1851 edition of The Wide, Wide World. This page lists the first 28 chapters with the corresponding titles and pages.

In this letter Eugenia Saddler asks both sisters for advice on how to become a successful woman author. She talks about her ambitions and gives them praise for their works.

This is the title page to volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint. The title is printed in the top quarter of the page, as well as the alternative title, "The Early History of Ellen Montgomery." In the page's middle is a line crediting the editor, a "Clergyman of the Church of England." The edition is stated as the first of two volumes. Sampson Low's address is listed as "London, 169, Fleet Street."

This is the verso of page v of the preface to volume 1 of the 1852 Sampson Low Reprint.