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This chapter title page in 1851 George Palmer Putnam 1st Edition, Vol. 2 shows the epigraph, "As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure,/ The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure./ Kings may be blest, but they were glorious,/ O'er all the ills o' life victorious. BURNS." This was taken from the poem, "Tam o'Shanter," by Robert Burns.

This is the first page of text in volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th Edition, version 1. It features a decorative rule and a quote from the Robert Burns poem, "Tam o' Shanter."

This is the first page of text in volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The title, "THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD." appears approx. 4 cm. down the page in bold. Underneath the title is a Zierrat with a simple line design and three diamonds symmetrically placed. The chapter title does not appear, but "CHAPTER I." is typed underneath the ..... beneath the chapter, are lines 55-58 of Robert Burn's "Tam O' Shanter". Burns name appears in bold after the poem on the page.

This is the first page of text in Volume 2 of the 1852 James Nisbet, Sampson Low, Hamilton, Adams & Co. second edition. Beneath the Chapter 1 heading is a chapter description: "Stockings, to which the 'bas bleu' was nothing." Beneath this is a quote from the Robert Burns poem, "Tam O' Shanter." The page shows evidence of foxing.