Title Page to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 1

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The
WIDE, WIDE WORLD.
BY
Elizabeth Wetherell.
her at the portal thou dost stand,
And with thy little hand
Thou openest the mysterious gate,
Into the future's undiscovered land
I see its valves expand,
As at the touch of Fate !
Into those realms of Love and Hate
Longfellow

LONDON;
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW: AND EDINBURGH
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Citation

Nelson, “Title Page to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 1,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed December 26, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/2240.

Description

In the title page for T. Nelson & Sons 1852 edition of the novel, the text is enclosed within a ruled border. The title is printed in 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 between two decorative rules.T. Nelson & Sons' address is listed as, "London, Paternoster Row, and Edinburgh."

Subjects

Title Page

Date

1852

Source

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, London & Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons, 1852.

Creator

Nelson

Contributor

The Constitution Island Association, http://www.constitutionisland.org/

Publisher

The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Nelson

Coverage

London
Edinburgh

Relation

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Identifier

64CIA_18_001L