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 OF THE FIRST VOLUME

THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME
THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE
THE TULIPOMANIA
RELICS
MODERN PROPHECIES
POPULAR ADMIRATION FOR GREAT THIEVES
INFLUENCE OF POLITICS AND RELIGION ON THE HAIR AND BEARD