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Word: hysterica (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Alice in Wonderland, loved these many years by doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief, was also loved by a newspaperman-very, very much. The offshoot of the affair was a daughter, also Alice, who started her pilgrimage through North Hysterica just as her mother's manuscript body was being cruelly contested by the book-collectors. Once in the Delighted States, by way of the stem of a drinking glass, Alice Jr. revolved with the Rotarians round a luncheon table, but when she refused to make a speech the Rotarian next to her feared the girl was moody: "That comes from being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: May 7, 1928 | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

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