![The decorative title page is mainly text. It begins with a decorative initial letter “T” and the text reads as follows: “The Pageant / Edited By [a fleuron is inserted here] C. Hazelwood / Shannon and /J. W. Gleeson /White / Published by /Henry and Co. at their /Offices 93 Saint / Martin’s Lane / London.” This text appears in all capital letters over 11 lines. It is centred on the page. Approximately nine centimetres beneath this text appears the text “MDCCC” with a fleuron on either side of it. Underneath, “XCVII” is printed. Together, these two lines of roman numerals signify the publishing year, 1897. A third fleuron appears beneath these two lines of numerals giving the year the appearance of a decorated tailpiece.](http://beta.1890s.ca/wp-content/uploads/PAG2-titlepage.jpg "PAG2-titlepage-jpg")
MLA citation:
Decorated Title Page. The Pageant, 1897, ix. Pageant Digital Edition, edited by Frederick King and Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, 2019-2021. Yellow Nineties 2.0, Ryerson University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2021. https://1890s.ca/pag2-decorated-titlepage/