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.
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