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This illustration, appearing on page 272b of the [1899] George Routledge and Sons Edition, depicts Alice introducing Ellen to her brother John for the first time. A painting hangs behind the trio and Captain Perry, Alice's cat, wraps himself around John's leg as John leans over Ellen to shake her hand. A caption below the illustration quotes a sentence from page 273 of the text. Alice and Ellen, dressed in brightly colored dresses, provide a contrast to John, who is dressed in all black. John's posture as he leans down to kiss Ellen, gives him a position of dominance as Ellen looks up at him and allows him to take her hand. Alice, positioned demurely behind Ellen, looks down at Ellen, so that both Alice and John, who have recently immigrated from England to America, look down on her. The positions of the trio suggest a superiority of the English and an inferiority of Ellen, who represents American nationality. At the same time, the intimate act that is about to take place in this scene, seems to suggest an important intimacy between America and its colonizer.

This black and white in text illustration appearing on page 258 of the 1903 J.B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" Reprint, depicts the letter carrier appearing at the apple bee. In the illustration, Father Swaim sits in the middle of the crowd attending the apple bee, every one leaning in to look at the letter he is holding. Ellen sits to Father Swaim's right, lightly touching his arm and leaning in to look at the letter. Alice sits to Ellen's right in a chair, a bowl of apples sits next to her on the floor. Aunt Fortune is sanding to Father Swaim's left resting her hand on the back of his chair and looking the letter he is holding.

This black and white illustration on page 258 of the J.B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" reprint depicts several people standing around the mail carrier at the Apple Bee.

This 4-color wood engraving, appearing on page 254a of the 1886 James Nisbet & Co. Golden Ladder Series edition, depicts Ellen reading to her grandma. The illustration first appeared without color in James Nisbet's 1853 Author's Edition (see 3WIS). The caption to the image reads "The Joyful News" with a reference to page 254. The image depicts Ellen sitting on a stool and reading to her elderly grandmother, further illustrating her meek and generous nature. The scene is set in Aunt Fortune's home, with warm, domestic colors.

This illustration appering in the 1879 James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series" Reprint depicts "the Joyful News." The caption states "the Joyful News." The illustration shows Ellen reading while sitting besides Grandma as she knits. There is a stair case behind them. There is evidence of foxing on the page. This can be found on page 254.