By Charles Mackay

By Charles Mackay

Author Of The "Thames And Its Tributaries," "The Hope Of The World," Etc.

"Il est bon de connaitre les delires de l'esprit humain. Chaque peuple a ses folies plus ou moins grossieres."

Millot

CONTENTS

PHILOSOPHICAL DELUSIONS.

BOOK I.—THE ALCHYMISTS

PART I.—HISTORY OF ALCHYMY FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

PART II.—PROGRESS OF THE INFATUATION DURING THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.

BOOK II.—FORTUNE TELLING.

BOOK III.—THE MAGNETISERS.