Title Page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 2

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THE
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.
BY
ELIZABETH WETHERELL.

Here at the portal thou dost stand,
And with thy little hand
Thou openest the mysterious gate;
Into the future’s undiscover’d land
I see its valves expand,
As at the touch of Fate !
Into those realms of Love and Hate.
Longfellow

LONDON:
H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1853.

Citation

“Title Page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 2,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed December 27, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/2009.

Description

This is the title page to the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 2. The Wide, Wide World by Elizabeth Wetherell is written on the top half of the page, followed by Longfellow's poem, "To a Child." The publisher's address and 1853 is written at the bottom of the page. 198 is written in red ink at the top right corner of the page.

Subjects

Title Page

Date

1853

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, London: H. G. Bohn, 1853.

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Bohn

Coverage

POINT(19567.879238263 6686738.3593998)|4|-352221.8262891|5802056.1941504|osm
York Street, London

Relation

IsPartOf 43UVA

Identifier

43DES_18