Title Page of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint
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 undiscovered land
I see its valves expand,
As at the touch of Fate !
Into those realms of Love and Hate.”
Longfellow.
ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM HARVEY.
LONDON :
G. ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET.
1853.
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Savil and Edwards, “Title Page of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed February 23, 2025, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/3417.
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This is the title page of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint. The text is enclosed within a border. The title of the novel is printed in the top quarter of the page followed by a period. The author's pseudonym Elizabeth Wetherell is printed in the pages middle. Separated by a decorative rule is an inscription taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "To a Child." The name of the novel's illustrator appears between two decorative rules. G. Routledge & Co.'s address is listed as "London, Farringdon Street."
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Title Page
Date
1853
Source
Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, Illustrated by William Harvey. London: George Routledge & Co., 1853.
Creator
Savil and Edwards
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Publisher
The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Routledge
Routledge
Coverage
Farringdon St., London, UK
Rights
The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition by Jessica DeSpain, Jennifer Brady, Melissa White, and Jill Anderson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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47CIA_18