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In this Juxta sample, users are specifically looking for spelling differences between British and American editons of the book. This Juxta sample compares the first edition of the book published by George P. Putnam with the 1852 editon published by James Nisbet, Sampson Low, and Hamilton Adams. In this sample the American "colored" has been changed to the British "coloured" and the American "show" has been changed to the British "shew."

In this Juxta sample, users are specifically looking for spellingdifferences between British and American editons of the book. This Juxta sample compares the first edition of the book published by George P. Putnam with the 1852 editon published by James Nisbet, Sampson Low, and Hamilton Adams. In this sample an entire sentence was removed from the George P. Putnam edition.

In this example of the visual comparison tool, users can compare illustrations across editions. On the right hand side there are images the user has saved and can drag into this tool to compare.This example showsshows the search phrase "coifed hair" and two images from different editions side-by-side. This example also shows the zoom function used to look more closely at different sections of the page.

This is the first page of text in volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3. It features an epigraph taken from Longfellow's "It Is Not Always May." The Wide, Wide World is at the top of the page in all capitals, with a decorative rule under it.  Chapter 1 follows the decorative rule, with the epigraph and text under it.

This is the back pastedown of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam 1st Edition, Version 3.

This is the verso of the second back flyleaf of 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This is the back-right flyleaf of volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This is the verso of the first back flyleaf from volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.

This is the recto of the first back flyleaf of Volume 1 of the 1851 George P. Putnam First Edition, Version 3.