CHAPTER XXXVIII

.--CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS.--HOW CATO CURED

SPRAINS.--THE SECRET NAME OF GOD.--SECRET NAMES OF CITIES.--ABRACADABRA CURES FOR CRAMP.--MR. WRIGHT'S SIGIL.--WHISKERIFUSTICUS.--WITCHES' HORSES.--THEIR CURSES.--HOW TO RAISE THE DEVIL. 314

VIII. ADVENTURERS.

## CHAPTER XXXIX .--THE PRINCESS CARIBOO. 323

## CHAPTER XL .--COUNT CAGLIOSTRO, ALIAS JOSEPH BALSAMO, KNOWN ALSO

AS "CURSED JOE." 330

## CHAPTER XLI .--THE DIAMOND NECKLACE. 338

## CHAPTER XLII .--THE COUNT DE ST. GERMAIN, SAGE, PROPHET, AND

MAGICIAN. 354

## CHAPTER XLIII .--RIZA BEY, THE PERSIAN ENVOY TO LOUIS XIV. 361

IX. RELIGIOUS HUMBUGS.

## CHAPTER XLIV .--DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND.--MATTHIAS THE IMPOSTOR.--NEW

YORK FOLLIES THIRTY YEARS AGO. 370

## CHAPTER XLV .--A RELIGIOUS HUMBUG ON JOHN BULL.--JOANNA

SOUTHCOTT.--THE SECOND SHILOH. 380

## CHAPTER XLVI .--THE FIRST HUMBUG IN THE WORLD.--ADVANTAGES OF

STUDYING THE IMPOSITIONS OF FORMER AGES.--HEATHEN HUMBUGS.--THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES.--THE CABIRI.--ELEUSIS.--ISIS. 386

## CHAPTER XLVII .--HEATHEN HUMBUGS NO. 2.--HEATHEN STATED

SERVICES.--ORACLES.--SIBYLS.--AUGURIES. 392

## CHAPTER XLVIII .--MODERN HEATHEN HUMBUGS. 401

## CHAPTER XLIX .--ORDEALS. 408

## CHAPTER L .--APOLLONIUS OF TYANA. 415

HUMBUGS OF THE WORLD.

I. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.

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