CHAPTER XXXIII.--THE MISCEGENATION HOAX.--A GREAT LITERARY SELL.--POLITICAL HUMBUGGING.--TRICKS OF THE WIRE-PULLERS.--MACHINERY EMPLOYED TO RENDER THE PAMPHLET NOTORIOUS.--WHO WERE SOLD AND HOW IT WAS DONE. 273 VII. GHOSTS AND WITCHCRAFTS. CHAPTER XXXIV.--HAUNTED HOUSES.--A NIGHT SPENT ALONE WITH A GHOST.--KIRBY THE ACTOR.--COLT'S PISTOLS VERSUS HOBGOBLINS.--THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. 284 CHAPTER XXXV.--HAUNTED HOUSES.--GHOSTS.--GHOULS.--PHANTOMS.-- VAMPIRES.--CONJURORS.--DIVINING--GOBLINS.--FORTUNE-TELLING.-- MAGIC.--WITCHES.--SORCERY.--OBI.--DREAMS.--SIGNS.--SPIRITUAL MEDIUMS.--FALSE PROPHETS.--DEMONOLOGY.--DEVILTRY GENERALLY. 293 CHAPTER XXXVI.--MAGICAL HUMBUGS.--VIRGIL.--A PICKLED SORCERER.-- CORNELIUS AGRIPPA, HIS STUDENTS AND HIS BLACK DOG.--DOCTOR FAUSTUS.--HUMBUGGING HORSE-JOCKEYS.--ZIITO AND HIS LARGE SWALLOW.--DEVIL TAKE THE HINDERMOST. 300 CHAPTER XXXVII.--WITCHCRAFT.--NEW YORK WITCHES.--THE WITCH MANIA.--HOW FAST THEY BURNED THEM.--THE MODE OF TRIAL.--WITCHES TO-DAY IN EUROPE. 308 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. CHAPTER I.