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This black and white title page vignette, appearing in the 1893 T. Nelson & Sons Reprint, depicts Ellen leaning over the spout, with her hands within the water. The spout is surrounded by greenery and an open field with a fence behind Ellen. Ellen's face is soft and dimpled, her curled hair is rather windblown, and she wears a simple white gown.

In the title page for T. Nelson & Sons' 1893 edition of the novel, the title is printed in the top quarter of the page without 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, Edinburgh, and New York."

This is the front cover of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition. It is a faded green cover with a thick border and curlicues inside the border. Putnam's publisher's mark is in the center.

This black and white illustration appearing on page 386, of the 1892 J.B. Lippincott "New Edition" Reprint, depicts Mr. Van Brunt on the ground in a barn, injured, with Mrs. Van Brunt kneeling beside him, while Ellen enters the scene through the open barn door. Mrs. Van Brunt holds Mr. Van Brunt's hand to comfort him. In the right bottom corner of the illustration, a mother hen watches over her chicks.