By Charles Mackay
Detailed Contents:
PHILOSOPHICAL DELUSIONS.
BOOK I. THE ALCHYMISTS OR, SEARCHERS FOR THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE AND THE WATER OF LIFE.
PART I. HISTORY OF ALCHYMY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
PART II. PROGRESS OF THE INFATUATION DURING THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.
BOOK II. FORTUNE TELLING.
BOOK III. THE MAGNETISERS.
