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This is the frontispiece to the [1853] Clarke, Beeton, & Co. Reprint, Version 1 Depicting Ellen reuniting with John in Scotland. The illustration is uncolored. There is an explanation of the illustration at the bottom of the page which reads "The meeting of Ellen and her brother John.-Page 429".

This is a letter from Louie Brine to Warner. She was a 14 year-old girl who felt compelled to share her love for Warner's work. She explained the intimate connection she felt with Ellen and Alice and the important lessons she learned from the novel.

This is the back pastedown of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint. A small diamond-shaped sticker with Leighton Son and Hodge, Shoe Lane London is on the bottom right corner of the page.

This is the fore edge of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint.

This is the tail of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint.

This is the head of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint.

This is the front pastedown of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint. The numbers 9 and #332 are written in black ink in the middle of this page.

This is the full cover of the 1853 G. Routledge and Co. Reprint. The front and back covers are green, and the spine is gold. Both covers have a border and leaves in each corner. The front cover features a gold globe with roses and thorns growing from it. The Wide, Wide World is written around the globe. On the spine, The Wide, Wide World is written in gold above Elizabeth Wetherell. The author's name is followed by a decoration of a lilly, with a hand holding the stem. There is the inscription: BEAR A LILY IN THY HANDS GATES OF BRASS CANNOT WITHSTAND ONE TOUCH OF THAT MAJIC WAND—LONGFELLOW. The entire spine is outlined with a gold border.

The spreadsheet lists 103 reviews of The Wide, Wide World, published in various American periodicals from 1850-1859, and encodes the reviews by type and stance.

Research Method

Using Proquest’s American Periodicals database, I searched the phrase “wide wide world,” with the additional limiting dates of 1850-1859. I went through the 368 results, year by year, and collected reviews of Warner’s novel. I did not download reviews of other novels by Susan Warner unless the reviewers mentioned The Wide, Wide World for the sake of literary comparison (e.g., better or worse than Warner’s first novel) or when they touched on the quality of her authorship in a general sense. I ignored advertisements and lists of announcements. Essentially, if there were any sorts of value judgments about The Wide, Wide World or the quality of Warner’s writing, then I included the reviews (no matter how brief). The data set is iimited by the fact that it only documents reviews found in periodicals contained within American Periodicals.