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Author Description Charles Mackay was a Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter, remembered mainly for his book <i>Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds</i>.<br /><br />Mackay became a journalist in London: in 1834 he was an occasional contributor to <i>The Sun</i>. From the spring of 1835 till 1844 he was assistant sub-editor of the <i>Morning Chronicle</i>. In the autumn of 1839 he spent a month's holiday in Scotland, witnessing the Eglintoun Tournament, which he described in the <i>Chronicle</i>, and making acquaintances in Edinburgh. In the autumn of 1844, he moved to Scotland, and became editor of the <i>Glasgow Argus</i>, resigning in 1847. He worked for the <i>Illustrated London News</i> in 1848, becoming editor in 1852.<br /><br />Mackay published <i>Songs and Poems</i> (1834), a <i>History of London</i>, <i>The Thames and its Tributaries or, Rambles Among the Rivers</i> (1840), <i>Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds</i> (1841), and a romance entitled <i>Longbeard</i>. He is also remembered for his <i>Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe</i> and the later <i>Dictionary of Lowland Scotch</i>.<br /><br />His daughter was English novelist and mystic <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8118.Marie_Corelli" title="Marie Corelli" rel="nofollow noopener">Marie Corelli</a>.

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