Short Poems

Short Poems: Including a Sketch of the Scriptures to the Book of Ruth: Satan's Great Devise or Lines on Intemperance: I and Conscience, or a Dialogue on Universalism: And a Few Others on Various Subjects. By Jonathan Fisher, Minister of the Gospel in Blue Hill, Me. Portland: A. Shirley, Printer, 1827. A collection of 8 books (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) Copy A is contained in a linen slipcase. It is accompanied by a printed flyer describing the proposal for publishing the book by subscription at a price of 25 cents. Each book is about 3 1/2 inches x 5 3/4 inches. Cover is marbleized paper on board, with a leather spine. The book has two illustrations engraved by Fisher: The Vile Drunkard and Catharine Brown. Copy E says "Jonathan Fisher's" in ink on the title page. The two small Fisher engraving are also fixed to the inside of the front cover.