MEMOIRS OF
EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS

By Charles Mackay

Author Of

"The Thames And Its Tributaries," "The Hope Of The World," Etc.

"Il est bon de connaitre les delires de l'esprit humain. Chaque people a ses folies plus ou moins grossieres." MILLOT

VOL I.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY. 1841.

CONTENTS

[ NATIONAL DELUSIONS. ]

[ THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME ]

[ THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE ]

[ LIST OF BUBBLES. ]

[ THE TULIPOMANIA. ]

[ RELICS. ]

[ MODERN PROPHECIES. ]

[ POPULAR ADMIRATION FOR GREAT THIEVES. ]

[ INFLUENCE OF POLITICS AND RELIGION ON THE HAIR AND BEARD. ]

[ DUELS AND ORDEALS ]

[ THE LOVE OF THE MARVELLOUS AND THE DISBELIEF OF THE TRUE. ]

[ POPULAR FOLLIES IN GREAT CITIES ]

[ THE O.P. MANIA. ]

[ THE THUGS, or PHANSIGARS. ]

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