Sketches of imposture, deception, and credulityFront matterReading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialChapter I · INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.Chapter II · ON ANCIENT ORACLES, ETC.Chapter III · FALSE MESSIAHS, PROPHETS, AND MIRACLES.Chapter IV · ROMAN CATHOLIC SUPERSTITIONS, ETC.Chapter V · ROYAL IMPOSTORS.Chapter VI · DISGUISES ASSUMED BY, OR IN BEHALF OF, ROYALTY.Chapter VII · MILITARY STRATAGEMS.Chapter VIII · MALINGERING, OR SIMULATION OF DISEASES.Chapter IX · MISCELLANEOUS IMPOSTORS AND IMPOSTURES.Chapter X · LITERARY IMPOSTORS AND DISGUISES.Chapter XI · IMPOSTURES IN ENGRAVING.Chapter XII · FORGED INSCRIPTIONS AND SPURIOUS MEDALS.Chapter XIII · ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE REGALIA FROM THE TOWER.Chapter XIV · VAMPYRISM.Chapter XV · JUGGLING.Chapter XVI · PRODIGIES.Chapter XVII · THE DELUSIONS OF ALCHEMY.Chapter XVIII · ASTROLOGY.Chapter XIX · MEDICAL DELUSIONS AND FRAUDS.CONCLUDING CHAPTER. MISCELLANEOUS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Introductory materialAll chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialChapters12345678910111213141516171819Other sectionsCONCLUDING CHAPTER. MISCELLANEOUS.PHILADELPHIA: G. B. ZIEBER & CO.◇1845.◇C. SHERMAN, PRINTER.◇Introductory material →