Collins unearths an early fictional biography based on the life of Emily Dickinson, penned by Helen Hunt Jackson, and “published by Niles to ianaugurate its No Name series, which published new works by writers like Jackson, Louisa May Alcott, and Christina Rossetti anonymously, allowing the books to stand or fall in review columns on their own merits.” A different world, eh? (See yesterday’s post for more on Collins’s marvelous book.)