CHAUVINISM.

—This word comes from the proper name " Chauvin," and has not long been incorporated into the French language. At the disbanding of the army of the Loire in 1815 there were many old soldiers, including some of this name, who made themselves ridiculous when they re-entered civil life by boundless admiration and silly credulity in relation to everything connected with Napoleon. This form of enthusiasm was cleverly brought on the stage by Scribe in the play of the " Soldier Workman" (" Le Soldat Laboureur"), of which the comic hero was Chauvin, and this was rendered the more palpable by the clever caricatures of Charlot on the same subject. Since then the false patriotism which is associated only with military glory is stamped with the word Chauvinism.—Leisure Hour.

 Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Saturday 13 April 1878, page 3