David sat uncomfortably on a broad bean, protesting against this new mania.

What is the sense of this new mania of theirs?

A correspondent writes that a new mania has sprung up among the ladies of Edinburgh- afancyfor learning to cook.

'Lias, already in an excitable, overworked state, was bitten by the new mania, and could think of nothing else.

"I could never understand that new mania of yours of having this Malay here for your shadow, partner."