Contents

Volume I

• Preface 1
• The Mississippi Scheme 2
• The South-Sea Bubble 3
• The Tulipomania 4
• The Alchymists 5
• Modern Prophecies 6
• Fortune-Telling 7
• The Magnetisers 8
• Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard 9

Volume II

• The Crusades 1
• The Witch Mania 2
• The Slow Poisoners 3
• Haunted Houses 4
• Popular Follies of Great Cities 5
• Popular Admiration of Great Thieves 6
• Duels and Ordeals 7
• Relics 8

Reference

• General Index—