[CHAPTER XXI.]—LOTTERY SHARKS.—​BOULT AND HIS BROTHERS.—​KENNETH, KIMBALL & COMPANY.—​A MORE CENTRAL LOCATION WANTED FOR BUSINESS.—​TWO SEVENTEENTHLIES.—​STRANGE COINCIDENCE. [175]

[CHAPTER XXII.]—ANOTHER LOTTERY HUMBUG.—​TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY RECIPES.—​VILE BOOKS.—​“ADVANTAGE-CARDS.”—​A PACKAGE FOR YOU; PLEASE SEND THE MONEY.—​PEDDLING IN WESTERN NEW YORK. [182]

[CHAPTER XXIII.]—A CALIFORNIA COAL MINE.—​A HARTFORD COAL MINE.—​MYSTERIOUS SUBTERRANEAN CANAL ON THE ISTHMUS. [189]

[IV. MONEY MANIAS.]

[CHAPTER XXIV.]—THE PETROLEUM HUMBUG.—​THE NEW YORK AND RANGOON PETROLEUM COMPANY. [195]

[CHAPTER XXV.]—THE TULIPOMANIA. [204]

[CHAPTER XXVI.]—JOHN BULL’S GREAT MONEY HUMBUG.—​THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE IN 1720. [213]

[CHAPTER XXVII.]—BUSINESS HUMBUGS.—​JOHN LAW.—​THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME.—​JOHNNY CRAPAUD AS GREEDY AS JOHNNY BULL. [221]

[V. MEDICINE AND QUACKS.]

[CHAPTER XXVIII.]—DOCTORS AND IMAGINATION.—​FIRING A JOKE OUT OF A CANNON.—​THE PARIS EYE WATER.—​MAJENDIE ON MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.—​OLD SANDS OF LIFE. [232]