One of the happiest of the servant-gal-ISMS appears this year-the precursor of many excellent tunes on the same string-delightfully illustrative of the vanity which we all share, more or less, with our maids.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith
He knows that he has flung his little pebble, all he can avail, upon the heap that some day, we all hope, will crush the soul-destroying ISMS out of life, and make of man, not a type in monotone, but a great hive of multi-coloured individuals.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke
Our girls are acknowledged to be uncommonly pretty, witty and wise, but some of us wish they had more health and less excitement, more domestic accomplishments and fewer ologies and ISMS, and were contented with simple pleasures and the old-fashioned virtues, and not quite so fond of the fast, frivolous life that makes them old so soon.
"Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories"
Louisa M. Alcott