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The Malady of the Century is a German fiction work written by Max Simon Nordau, the author of "THE COMEDY OF SENTIMENT," "HOW WOMEN LOVE," Etc., Etc.

Excerpts:

The glasses, filled with clear Affenthaler, rang merrily together, the smiling landlord took up his money, and the company rose noisily from the wooden bench, overturning it with a bang. The round table was only proof against a similar accident on account of its structure, which some one with wise forethought had so designed that only the most tremendous shaking could upset its equilibrium.