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This is a prize plate that was placed in an 1893 Thomas Nelson and Son's edition. It is inscribed with the words "From Michael Baker- April 1978" on the outer border. Inside the borders of the plate, it reads "
Worksop Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School
Awarded to Walt B. Pennington
For Good Conduct and Attendance
December 1894
{Geo Arthur Radcliffe & Theo Godley } Superintendents
{*illegible } Secretary

This black and white illustration, appearing as the frontispiece to the 1853 G. P. Putnam & Company Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen walking in the woods. In the illustration, Ellen walks along a path through the woods carrying a basket of flowers over her arm. She smiles and pulls her jacket around her as her dress, hair, and hat are blown behind her, suggesting a gusting wind in the illustration. A small house can be seen nestled in the background and a mountain rises up behind it. The scene maintains a sense of openness despite the trees that line the path along the left side of the illustration.

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 1. The Wide, Wide World is written on the top third of the page, followed by Elizabeth Wetherell. Beginning on the second half of the page is Longfellow's "To a Child," as well as London: H. G. Bohn, York Street, Convent Garden. 1853.