Charles Mackay (1814-1889) was born in Perth, Scotland, and over
a prolific career in letters wrote poetry, journalism, novels,
dictionaries and songs. Best-known in his lifetime for the last of
these - which were set to music and became phenomenally popular -
he is today best remembered for his epic guide to crowd psychology,
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, which
has never been out of print since its release in 1841.
Educated in Brussels, he began his working life in France before
moving to London and writing for the Sun, the Morning Chronicle and
the Illustrated London News among others. He was also editor of the
Glasgow Argus and Illustrated London News.
He travelled widely (including the USA during the Civil War),
published prolifically, married twice, was friends with Charles
Dickens and Henry Russell, and died in London.
You might have Popular Delusions already. But it is still worth
looking at the new edition if only for the warning it contains from
Mr Napier.
*Merryn Somerset Webb, Financial Times*
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