Chronology of Dickinson's Poems in the Youth's Companion
| Aug.2, 1858 | Nobody knows this little rose appears in Springfield Republican. |
| May 15, 1886 | Emily Dickinson dies. |
| by Nov. 1887 | Mabel Loomis Todd (MLT) begins copying Dickinson’s poems (AB 21). |
| June 16, 1891 | MLT records having sent unspecified number of poems to five publications including The Youth’s Companion. Millicent Todd Bingham notes conversation in which her mother names specific poems sent to The Youth’s Companion (AB 131, 158). |
| Sept. 30, 1891 | Todd meets with Edward Stanwood; brings unspecified number of poems with intention of replacing earlier (June 16) submission, most of which were to appear in 1891 Poems (AB 158). |
| Nov. 9, 1891 | Poems, Second Series published by Roberts Brothers; "Vanished" appears. |
| Dec. 24, 1891 | "A Nameless Rose" -- Nobody knows this little rose appears in YC, advertised as first printing. |
| Aug. 25, 1892 | "Vanished" -- She died; this was the way she died in YC. |
| Sept. 8, 1892 | "Autumn" -- The name of it is autumn appears in YC |
| Sept. 22, 1892 | "Saturday" -- From all the jails the boys and girls appears in YC. |
| Sept. 29, 1892 | "In September." -- September's appears in YC. |
| May 18, 1893 | "My Little King" -- I met a king this afternoon and "Heart’s- Ease" -- I’m the little heart’s ease! appear in YC. |
| Oct. 1894 | "Ready" -- They might not need me-- appears in The Book Buyer; by whom the poem was submitted for publication is unclear, perhaps by M.A. de Wolfe Howe, Jr. |
| Nov. 11, 1897 | "Ready" -- They might not need me-- appears in YC, advertised as first printing. |
| Jan. 20, 1898 | "Nature’s Way" -- Were nature mortal lady -- appears in YC. |
| Nov. 29, 1898 | Supreme Court of Mass. upholds Lavinia Dickinson’s lawsuit victory against the Todds, ending for a time MLT’s involvement with Dickinson’s poetry (AB 367). |