Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions, published by the Scottish journalist Charles Mackay in 1841, is a survey of crowds gone astray. This first volume opens with the great financial manias, John Law's Mississippi Scheme, the South Sea Bubble and the Dutch tulip craze, then moves to the trade in relics, failed prophecies, the popular admiration for highwaymen, the politics of hair and beards, duels and ordeals, the craze for catchphrases in London streets, the O. P. riots at Covent Garden and the Thugs of India. Mackay writes with irony and curiosity, and his opening chapters are still read for what they say about speculation. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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