Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

by Charles Mackay

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Contents

1. List of Engravings in Vol. I
2. Preface
3. Money Mania.—The Mississippi Scheme
4. The South-Sea Bubble
5. The Tulipomania
6. The Alchymists; Or Searchers for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life (part 1)
7. The Alchymists; Or Searchers for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Water of Life (part 2)
8. Modern Prophecies
9. Fortune-Telling
10. The Magnetisers
11. Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard
12. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
13. List of Engravings in Vol. II
14. The Crusades
15. The Witch Mania
16. The Slow Poisoners
17. Haunted Houses
18. Popular Follies of Great Cities
19. Popular Admiration of Great Thieves
20. Duels and Ordeals
21. Relics

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