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This black and white illustration, found on page 64a of the [1907] Grosset & Dunlap reprint, depicts Ellen saying goodbye to her mother. In the illustration, Ellen is embracing her mother in bed as her father reaches for her to come with him. A caption below the illustration reads, "It seemed as if she would pour out her very heart in tears." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 65 of the novel.

This black and white in text illustration appears on page 54 of the [1918] Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. Abridged Reprint, depicts Alice telling Ellen of her illness. In the illustration, Alice is sitting in a chair, resting her hand on the top of Ellen's head as Ellen is leaning against her with her head on Alice's lap.

This black and white illustration, found on page 450a of the [1907] Grosset & Dunlap reprint, depicts Ellen standing at Alice's deathbed. In the illustration, Ellen is standing inside the enclosed space of Alice's bed curtain. Ellen is placing lilies and roses that she is holding in her apron around the sleeping Alice's head. A caption below the illustration reads, "And she'd lay a rose here and and a rosebud there." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 450.

This black and white illustration appearing on page 438, of the 1896 Hodder and Stoughton Reprint, depicts Alice's death bed, with Ellen weeping next to her. Alice's face is pale and serene, her eyes are open, and her right hand is lifted up as if to comfort Ellen. Ellen holds her left hand, while she covers her grief-stricken, shadowed face with her right hand. This illustration first appeared on page 438, of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott "New Edition", (see 9CIA).

This black and white illustration on page 368b of the [1896] Walter Scott, Ltd. "Complete Edition" reprint, depicts Ellen, Margery, and the Humphreys grieving Alice's deathbed. In the illustration, Alice is laying in bed, looking at John as leans over and places a hand on her as Ellen stands behind him, face in her hands. Mr. Humphreys and Margery stand by the door behind Ellen. A caption below the illustration reads, "He took away one of her hands from under her face." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 370 of the novel.

This black and white illustration on page 368b of the [1896] Walter Scott, Ltd. "Complete Edition" reprint, depicts Ellen, Margery, and the Humphreys grieving Alice's deathbed. In the illustration, Alice is laying in bed, looking at John as leans over and places a hand on her as Ellen stands behind him, face in her hands. Mr. Humphreys and Margery stand by the door behind Ellen. A caption below the illustration reads, "He took away one of her hands from under her face." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 370 of the novel.

This illustration, appearing on page 212a of the [1899] George Routledge and Sons edition, depicts a pale Ellen, sick in bed, as she kisses Mr. Van Brunt's hand. Mr. Van Brunt, dressed in a long green coat and pants with a buttoned orange shirt, stands next to Ellen's bed holding a hymn book in one hand as Ellen kisses the other. A caption below the illustration quotes a short passage from page 212. The illustration embodies the ideas of sentimentalism, which utilizes emotion to affect ideas of morality. Ellen, who has just expressed her desire for Mr. Van Brunt to become one of the "fold of Christ's people," appeals to Mr. Van Brunt (and the viewer of the illustration) through a display of emotional affection. The presence of the hymn book foreshadows Mr. Van Brunt's eventual devotion to Christianity.

This full-color illustration, found on page 196b of the [1907] Collins' Clear-Type Press reprint, depicts Mr. Van Brunt catching Nancy at Ellen's sickbed. In the illustration, Mr. Van Brunt has caught Nancy by the wrists in front of Ellen's bed. A chair is knocked over behind Nancy and Ellen watches the two while laying in her sickbed. A caption below the illustration reads, "She was caught at last."

This is the illustration on page 192b of the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 1 depicting Mr. Van Brunt reading to Ellen at her sickbed. Ellen, dressed in a white nightgown, is staring up at Mr. Van Brunt with her head on her hand, while in bed. Mr. Van Brunt is sitting in a chair at her bedside with a book open on his lap, and is looking back at her. He is dressed in black, and has his arm resting on the table beside a bowl of food. The caption reads, "Go on please."