MEMOIRS

OF EXTRAORDINARY

POPULAR DELUSIONS.

BY CHARLES MACKAY.

AUTHOR OF

66 THE THAMES AND ITS TRIBUTARIES," "THE HOPE OF THE WORLD," ETC.

"Il est bon de connaître les délires de l'esprit humain. Chaque peuple a ses folies plus
ou moins grossières."

VOL. I.

MILLOT.

LONDON:

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

1841.

B

HARVARD

COLLEGE
LIBRARY

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,

Bangor House, Shoe Lane.