Leon Howard, Herman Melville: A Biography (1951):
While Melville was getting better physically and looking around for a new literary inspiration, he attended what the Berkshire County Eagle called "a startling novelty in this region"—a "fancy dress picnic" at which Lizzie carried off the honors in the character of "Cypherina Donothing" dressed in a costume of cyphers.
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