Unhappily, after the third lecture of the course, Comte had a severe attack of cerebral derangement, brought on by intense and prolonged meditation, acting on a system that was already irritated by the chagrin of domestic failure.–John Morley, “Auguste Comte” in Critical Miscellanies, Volume III, 1904.

Aether and Gravitation, by William George Hooper. Published 1903.

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Bromide Printing and Enlarging: A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements, by John A. Tennant. Published 1912.

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Games for All Occasions, by Mary E. Blain. Published 1909.

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Memoirs of Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles Mackay. Published 1852.

This is one of those books that you will read snippets aloud to your family. It’s full of bits about the manias that people have gotten into up until the 19th century. Tulips, alchemy, witchcraft, beards, cant phrases “Does your mother know you’re out?“, the Crusades… all these and more are represented in this two-volumes-in-one set. It is not by any means scholarly — it was then and is now rather “popular non-fiction.” Even though Mackay wasn’t always correct with his reporting, he was nearly always entertaining.¹

This is a project that I’ve been working on for a very long time, it was one of the first I signed up to post-process for DP, and over the three years it took me to do it, I learned so much and therefore had to change things so many times…

But it’s uploaded now, and has its own life. Be well, Delusions!

1. Except the Crusades chapter tends to drag on… but then again, so did the Crusades.[back]

Practical Ethics, by William De Witt Hyde. Published 1892.

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The Young Man’s Guide, by William A. Alcott. Published 1838, ©1835.

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The Building of a Book; A series of Practical Articles written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing, by Frederick H. Hitchcock. Published 1906.

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