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This is the first page of text in the 1853 Eli Charles Eginton & Co. "Pocket Library" Reprint. The Wide, Wide World is written above the decorative rule, with Chapter 1 and its title under it. A portion of Longfellow's poem, "It Is Not Always May," is written beneath the chapter title. The text begins about a third of the way down the page.

This is the first page of text in the 1852 T. Nelson & Sons reprint, version 1. The page begins with the novel's title approximately 1/4 down the page. A simple zierrat follows and proceed the Chapter. underneath the chapter is an excerpt from Longfellow's "It is not Always May". The chapter begins after the excerpt.