Table of Contents
Preface to the Edition of 1852
Chapter I
Money Mania.—The Mississippi Scheme
Chapter II
The South Sea Bubble
Chapter III
The Tulipomania
Chapter IV
The Alchymists
Chapter V
Modern Prophecies
Chapter VI
Fortune-Telling
Chapter VII
The Magnetisers
Chapter VIII
Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard
Chapter IX
The Crusades
Chapter X
The Witch Mania
Chapter XI
The Slow Poisoners
Chapter XII
Haunted Houses
Chapter XIII
Popular Follies of Great Cities
Chapter XIV
Popular Admiration of Great Thieves
Chapter XV
Duels and Ordeals
Chapter XVI
Relics