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This is the second page of the table of contents for the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. This page contains the chapters, "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", "SCRAPS-OF MOROCCO AND TALK", "STOCKINGS, TO WHICH THE "BAS BLEU" WAS NOTHING", "SUNDAY AT VENTNOR", "FLOWERS AND THORNS", "THE BANK-NOTE AND GEORGE WASHINGTON", "A GATHERING CLOUD INT HE SPRING WEATHER", "THE CLOUD OVERHEAD", "THIS 'WORKING-DAY WORLD'", "THE BROWNIE", "TIMOTHY AND HIS MASTER", 'WHERIN 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 GROWS WIDER", "HOW OLD FRIENDS WERE INVESTED WITH THE REGALIA", "THOUGHT IS FREE", "TRIALS WITHOUT", "TRIALS WITHIN", and "THOU!".

This is the verso of page xi of the preface to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. It is blank and intact.

This is the recto of the back advertisement in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. reprint, version 1. The page is blank except for some minor foxing. There is a tear on the upper right hand corner.

This is the back advertisement in the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1. This advertisement is ripped on the top left corner, obscuring much of the title and subtitle of the page. The first section of books listed are title which are priced at "ONE SHILLING EACH". These titles include "TABLE TURNING AND TABLE TALKING", "BEECHER'S LECTURES ON INTEMPERANCE", "TO YOUNG MEN ON THE VICES", "FERN LEAVES, FROM FANNY'S PORTFOLIO", "HISTORY OF THE CHINESE REVOLUTION", "THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING" by Miss Wetherell, and "MRS. CHISHOLM'S EMIGRANT'S GUIDE". Below are books which are priced at "EIGHTEENPENCE EACH" These titles include Southworth's "Curse of Clifton", "Christmas Evening Legends", and "Mark Sutherland", Cumming's "The Lamlighter", Dennys's "Alpha", Carey's "Clovernook", the Glenluna Family's "Dollars and Cents", "Fern Leaves, From Fanny's Portfolio", Denison's "Home Pictures", "Loves of an Apothecary", and Mathews's "Moneypenny". Below the book listings is the name and address of the publisher.

In this title page of the 1879 James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series" Reprint The title is printedat the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed in the page's middle. An inscription, taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "To a Child," appears under her name. James Nisbet & Co. address is listed as London: 21 Berners Street, W.. THe copyright date is listed as 1879. There is evidence of foxing on the page.

The colophon for the 1879 James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series" Reprint has the printers in the middle of the page stating, Burgap: Clay and Taylor, Printers. There is evidence of foxing on the page.

This is page iii of the Preface to the 1879 James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series" Reprint. This is the first page of the preface. The preface is titled "Preface to the English Edition." There is evidence of foxing on the page.

Thius is page iv of the Preface to the 1879 James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series" Reprint. This is the final page of the preface dated New York, December 20, 1851. There is evidence of foxing on the page.

Clay and Taylor included this Table of Contents of the 1879 James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series" Reprint. This is the first page of the Table of Contents for this edition and lists the first 19 chapters. There is evidence of foxing on the page.