[CHAPTER XXXVI.]—MAGICAL HUMBUGS.—​VIRGIL.—​A PICKLED SORCERER.—​CORNELIUS AGRIPPA, HIS STUDENTS AND HIS BLACK DOG.—​DOCTOR FAUSTUS.—​HUMBUGGING HORSE-JOCKEYS.—​ZIITO AND HIS LARGE SWALLOW.—​DEVIL TAKE THE HINDERMOST. [300]

[CHAPTER XXXVII.]—WITCHCRAFT.—​NEW YORK WITCHES.—​THE WITCH MANIA.—​HOW FAST THEY BURNED THEM.—​THE MODE OF TRIAL.—​WITCHES TO-DAY IN EUROPE. [308]

[CHAPTER XXXVIII.]—CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS.—​HOW CATO CURED SPRAINS.—​THE SECRET NAME OF GOD.—​SECRET NAMES OF CITIES.—​ABRACADABRA CURES FOR CRAMP.—​MR. WRIGHT’S SIGIL.—​WHISKERIFUSTICUS.—​WITCHES’ HORSES.—​THEIR CURSES.—​HOW TO RAISE THE DEVIL. [314]

[VIII. ADVENTURERS.]

[CHAPTER XXXIX.]—THE PRINCESS CARIBOO. [323]

[CHAPTER XL.]—COUNT CAGLIOSTRO, ALIAS JOSEPH BALSAMO, KNOWN ALSO AS “CURSED JOE.” [330]

[CHAPTER XLI.]—THE DIAMOND NECKLACE. [338]

[CHAPTER XLII.]—THE COUNT DE ST. GERMAIN, SAGE, PROPHET, AND MAGICIAN. [354]

[CHAPTER XLIII.]—RIZA BEY, THE PERSIAN ENVOY TO LOUIS XIV. [361]

[IX. RELIGIOUS HUMBUGS.]