Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by CharlesMackayThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsAuthor: Charles MackayRelease Date: February 5, 2008 [EBook #24518]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS ***Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.net[Illustration: THE MISSISSIPPI SCHEME: GARDENS OF THE HOTEL DESOISSONS, 1720.]MEMOIRSOFEXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS.VOLUME I.[Illustration: THE BUBBLERS' ARMS—PROSPERITY.]LONDON:OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY,227 STRAND.1852.MEMOIRSOFEXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONSAND THEMADNESS OF CROWDS.BY CHARLES MACKAY, LL.D.AUTHOR OF "EGERIA," "THE SALAMANDRINE," ETC.ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.VOL. I. N'en déplaise à ces fous nommés sages de Grèce, En ce monde il n'est point de parfaite sagesse; Tous les hommes sont fous, et malgré tous leurs soîns Ne diffèrent entre eux que du plus ou du moins. BOILEAU.LONDON:OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY,227 ...