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

NATIONAL DELUSIONS.

THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME

THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE

LIST OF BUBBLES.

THE TULIPOMANIA.

RELICS.

MODERN PROPHECIES.

POPULAR ADMIRATION FOR GREAT THIEVES.

INFLUENCE OF POLITICS AND RELIGION ON THE HAIR AND BEARD.

DUELS AND ORDEALS

THE LOVE OF THE MARVELLOUS AND THE DISBELIEF OF THE TRUE.

POPULAR FOLLIES IN GREAT CITIES

THE O.P. MANIA.

THE THUGS, or PHANSIGARS.