Word: hysteria
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Corner at Dodsley's," on the tendencies of contemporary literature to dispense altogether with literary men, are animated and amusing. Mr. Harte says: "The days of literary men in literature is over. It is now the triumphal hour of the imbecile millionaire, the rich society woman, who has nerves, hysteria, a vast deal of impudence, a store of proverbial piatitude, and a continual itch for notoriety; actresses that have more gowns than brains; English lords and ladies, and some assinine royalities. Every fool in the universe, with money enough to pay a printer's bill, has published a book...