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This black and white illustration, appearing as the title page vignette to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, depicts Ellen riding The Brownie. A caption below the illustration quotes a passage from page 481 of the novel. In the illustration, Ellen sits atop The Brownie as he leaps into the air. Both Ellen and The Brownie look back as if at the viewer of the illustration as they ride in the opposite direction along a path flanked by foliage. A small figure can be seen on the left side of the image in the background, as well as a small white structure that emerges from the top of the tree line. The sense of movement invoked by the position of The Brownie is contrasted by the stillness of the landscape that extends behind Ellen.

This is the verso of the tissue preceding the title page vignette to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The tissue is white in color, smaller than the page size, and crinkled near the spine.

This is the recto of the tissue preceding the title page vignette to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The tissue is white in color, smaller than page size, and crinkled near the spine.

This black and white frontispiece from the 1852 Nelson&Sons Reprint, depicts Nancy standing by some foliage in the Brook. Three oxen graze on the other side, two dark and one white. At the far back of the Brook is a field, that is occupied by a herd of sheep and a scarecrow, and far in the background is a white house.

This is the recto of the frontispiece to the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The page shows evidence of foxing.

This is the verso of the first front flyleaf of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. The page shows evidence of foxing.

This is the recto of the first front flyleaf of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2. This flyleaf shares the same thicker, yellow paper as the pastedown.

This is the front pastedown of the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, Version 2.

This is the title page for the 1853 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint.
The text is enclosed within a ruled border, with the title printed in the top quarter of the page. Elizabeth Wetherell is written under the title. 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" above a decorative rule.

This is the title page vignette to the 1853 T. Nelson and Sons Reprint Depicting Ellen preparing to mount the Brownie. A caption below the illustration quotes a sentence from page 11 and reads, "Looking round sometimes, as if to make sure that it was herself, and giving a little kind of satisfied neigh when he saw that it was." In the illustration, Ellen stands on a tree stump, wearing a straw hat and apron, and grabs The Brownie's reigns as she prepares to mount him. A dog sits in front of The Brownie looking up at Ellen. The right side of the illustration is framed by foliage while an open field extends into the background of the left side of the illustration.