“MEMOIRS OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS AND THE Madness of Crowds.”
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By CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D. (published 1852.)
Volume I.
The Mississippi Scheme.
The South-Sea Bubble.
The Tulipomania.
The Alchymists.
Modern Prophecies.
Fortune-Telling.
The Magnetisers.
Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard.
Volume II.
The Crusades.
The Witch Mania.
The Slow Poisoners.
Haunted Houses.
Popular Follies of Great Cities.
Popular Admiration of Great Thieves.
Duels and Ordeals.
Relics.