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In this example of the visual comparison tool, users can compare illustrations across editions. On the right hand side there are images the user has saved and can drag into this tool to compare.This example showsshows the search phrase "coifed hair" and two images from different editions side-by-side. This example also shows the zoom function used to look more closely at different sections of the page.

In this Juxta sample, users are specifically looking for spellingdifferences between British and American editons of the book. This Juxta sample compares the first edition of the book published by George P. Putnam with the 1852 editon published by James Nisbet, Sampson Low, and Hamilton Adams. In this sample an entire sentence was removed from the George P. Putnam edition.

In this Juxta sample, users are specifically looking for spelling differences between British and American editons of the book. This Juxta sample compares the first edition of the book published by George P. Putnam with the 1852 editon published by James Nisbet, Sampson Low, and Hamilton Adams. In this sample the American "colored" has been changed to the British "coloured" and the American "show" has been changed to the British "shew."

This fan letter written to Warner from Mary Barnes, a woman from Derbyshire. Barnes critiqued the women in her country for their inadequacies compared to the idealized characters Warner developed.

In this letter Ella Blake, a woman from Wisconsin, wrote to Susan Warner and her sister Anna to inform them of the impression Ellen Montgomery made on her childhood. She tells them that she has read the novel so many times it was necessary to have it rebound.

In Jonathan Burdick's letter he asks for an autograph from the "Misses Warner." He also compliments them on their work, telling them that it is not only the best of the present day but also equal to the classics.

James Nisbet used this fore-edge for an 1891 edition of The Wide, Wide World.

James Nisbet used this head for an 1891 edition of The Wide, Wide World.