Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds /
By Charles Mackay ...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Office of National illustrated library,
1852.
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| Notes: | Each volume has added t.-p. with vignette. Physical description: 2 v., plates : ill., ports. ; 19 cm. (8vo) more |
Table of Contents:
I. The Mississippi scheme. The South-sea bubble. The tulipomania. The alchymists. Modern prophecies. Fortune-telling. The magnetisers. Influence of politics and religion on the hair and bear.
II. The crusades. The witch mania. The slow poisoners. Haunted houses. Popular follies of great cities. Popular admiration of great thieves. Duels and ordeals. Relics.
I. The Mississippi scheme. The South-sea bubble. The tulipomania. The alchymists. Modern prophecies. Fortune-telling. The magnetisers. Influence of politics and religion on the hair and bear.
II. The crusades. The witch mania. The slow poisoners. Haunted houses. Popular follies of great cities. Popular admiration of great thieves. Duels and ordeals. Relics.