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 peuple a ses folies plus ou moins grossieres."

Millot




VOL. III.



CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

BOOK I.

INTRODUCTION

THE ALCHYMISTS; or, Searchers for the Philosopher's Stone
and the Water of Life