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This black and white illustration, appearing on page 114c of the 1853 G. P. Putnam & Company Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen riding in the ox cart as Mr. Van Brunt walks alongside the oxen. Mr. Van Brunt holds up a whip as Ellen sits in a chair in the ox cart looking around her. The landscape surrounding the ox cart is bleak as bare trees hang over the path, and the dark sky contrasts the white ground, suggesting cold weather. The bleak landscape seems to suggest Ellen's apprehension upon leaving Thirlwall in the ox cart as Mr. Van Brunt guides her to her Aunt Fortune's house.

This black and white illustration, appearing on page 82d of volume 1 of the 1853 G. P. Putnam & Company Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen and George Marshman on the steamboat as Ellen begins her journey to her Aunt Fortune's house. In the illustration, Ellen sits on a long bench with her hands in her lap, looking down sadly at the steamboat's deck. George Marshman stands nearby, looking down at her as he leans on a cane. Small waves rise in the water next to the steamboat and two men stand near the other end of the bench, appearing to have a conversation. Ellen's hat sits at her feet and a leather chair is placed behind the bench.

This black and white illustration appearing on Page 186d of Volume Two of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. Illustrated Edition Reprint, depicts Ellen grieving at Alice's deathbed. In the illustration, Alice is lying on her deathbed in white with flowers behind her shoulders and on her stomach. Ellen, dressed in black is kneeling at her bedside, one hand on her forehead in grief and flowers lay beside her on the floor. Margery is seen in the background, cast in shadow with her hands over her face. The scene depicted in this illustration appears on page 186 of the novel.

This black and white illustration appearing on page 126c of volume one of the 1853 G.P. Putnam & Co. Illustrated Edition reprint, depicts Ellen at the spout. In the illustration, Ellen is wearing a white dress with a black vest. She is leaning over the overflowing water basin and running her hands under the water coming from the spout.

This is the second page of the table of contents for volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The number 4 appears in the top left corner of the heading beneath "CONTENTS" which is italicized. Chapters are listed with their corresponding Roman Numerals. The chapters listed include, "How old friends were invested with the Regalia", "thought is free", "Trials without", "Trials within", and "Thou !". the page number appears on the right side of the text block at the end of a line of ellipses connecting the chapter title to the number.

This is the first page of the table of contents for volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. Approximately a third of the way down the page "CONTENTS OF VOL. II." is printed. Beneath, there is a Zierrat with a simple three-diamond design placed symmetrically. Beneath the Zierrat the chapter listings begin. The chapters are all listed with their corresponding Roman numerals (for this volume). Each chapter title is connected to its corresponding page number by a line of ellipses. The chapters listed include, "Stockings, to which the 'Bas Bleau' was nothing," "Sunday at Ventnor," "Flowers and Thorns," "The bank-note and George Washinton," "A gathering cloud in the spring weather," "The cloud overhead," "This 'working-day world,'" "The Brownie," "Timothy and his master," "Wherein the Black Prince arrives opportunely," "Halcyon days," "'Prodigious,'" "'The clouds return after the rain,'" "One less in the wide, wide world," "Those that were left," "The little spirit that haunted the big house," "The guardian angel," "'Something turns up,'" "The wide world grown wider."

This is the colophon for volume 2 of the 1852 George P. Putnam 16th edition, version 2. The text on this page appears halfway down the page and gives the publishing information of the book. In the bottom left-hand corner of the text block the printers "Grossman & Son, Printers" are named along with their address.