On the verso appears the inscription Народный учитель СССР — гордость советского общества (National Teacher of the USSR- Pride of sovietic society).
Recto and verso | recto and verso | recto and verso | Ralph Recto | ''Pollice Verso | Enrico Lo Verso |
(The title page verso of the work contains an image of a bear being attacked by dogs.) This was a double-pronged reference, because in addition it parodied Whittington's pseudonym of "Bossus" ("bos" + "sus", the reasons for which are unknown), claiming that it was rather a reference to the "Bosse of Billingsgate" water tap, built in Billingsgate in London by Whittington's namesake, that Whittington had somehow fallen in love with.