CONTENTS.

• INDEX.
• FOOTNOTES.

• Volume I.
  • Contents.
  • List of Engravings.
  • Preface.
  • The Mississippi Scheme.
  • The South-Sea Bubble.
  • The Tulipomania.
  • The Alchymists.
  • Modern Prophecies.
  • Fortune-Telling.
  • The Magnetisers.
  • Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard.
• Volume II.
  • Contents.
  • List of Engravings.
  • The Crusades.
  • The Witch Mania.
  • The Slow Poisoners.
  • Haunted Houses.
  • Popular Follies of Great Cities.
  • Popular Admiration of Great Thieves.
  • Duels and Ordeals.
  • Relics.