the book is  2 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches, pages yellowed with age some dog eared 128 generally clean pp., a few with a small smudge, a few with foxing. 4 pp. publisher's catalogue. Preface signed J. Buffum. - who refers to the author and was not him/herself the author. The imprint has the publisher at 200 Broadway, NYC; D. Appleton was at this address from 1851 to 1853. Beneath that address is that of Geo. S. Appleton, 148 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. A reference has him at that address from 1843 to 1849. So, we suggest the earliest date for the Broadway address, 1851.Not quite a real "miniature," yet declared so by the publisher.A collection of choice poems by American and British authors.