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Herman Melville. The Confidence-Man
The Confidence-Man
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. A MUTE GOES ABOARD A BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI
CHAPTER 2. SHOWING THAT MANY MEN HAVE MANY MINDS
CHAPTER 3. IN WHICH A VARIETY OF CHARACTERS APPEAR
CHAPTER 4. RENEWAL OF OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER 5. THE MAN WITH THE WEED MAKES IT AN EVEN QUESTION WHETHER HE BE A GREAT SAGE OR A GREAT SIMPLETON
CHAPTER 6. AT THE OUTSET OF WHICH CERTAIN PASSENGERS PROVE DEAF TO THE CALL OF CHARITY
CHAPTER 7. A GENTLEMAN WITH GOLD SLEEVE-BUTTONS
CHAPTER 8. A CHARITABLE LADY
CHAPTER 9. TWO BUSINESS MEN TRANSACT A LITTLE BUSINESS
CHAPTER 10. IN THE CABIN
CHAPTER 11. ONLY A PAGE OR SO
CHAPTER 12. THE STORY OF THE UNFORTUNATE MAN, FROM WHICH MAY BE GATHERED WHETHER OR NO HE HAS BEEN JUSTLY SO ENTITLED
CHAPTER 13. THE MAN WITH THE TRAVELING-CAP EVINCES MUCH HUMANITY, AND IN A WAY WHICH WOULD SEEM TO SHOW HIM TO BE ONE OF THE MOST LOGICAL OF OPTIMISTS
CHAPTER 14. WORTH THE CONSIDERATION OF THOSE TO WHOM IT MAY PROVE WORTH CONSIDERING
CHAPTER 15. AN OLD MISER, UPON SUITABLE REPRESENTATIONS, IS PREVAILED UPON TO VENTURE AN INVESTMENT
CHAPTER 16. A SICK MAN, AFTER SOME IMPATIENCE, IS INDUCED TO BECOME A PATIENT
CHAPTER 17. TOWARDS THE END OF WHICH THE HERB-DOCTOR PROVES HIMSELF A FORGIVER OF INJURIES
CHAPTER 18. INQUEST INTO THE TRUE CHARACTER OF THE HERB-DOCTOR
CHAPTER 19. A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER 20. REAPPEARANCE OF ONE WHO MAY BE REMEMBERED
CHAPTER 21. A HARD CASE
CHAPTER 22. IN THE POLITE SPIRIT OF THE TUSCULAN DISPUTATIONS
CHAPTER 23. IN WHICH THE POWERFUL EFFECT OF NATURAL SCENERY IS EVINCED IN THE CASE OF THE MISSOURIAN, WHO, IN VIEW OF THE REGION ROUND-ABOUT CAIRO, HAS A RETURN OF HIS CHILLY FIT
CHAPTER 24. A PHILANTHROPIST UNDERTAKES TO CONVERT A MISANTHROPE, BUT DOES NOT GET BEYOND CONFUTING HIM
CHAPTER 25. THE COSMOPOLITAN MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER 26. CONTAINING THE METAPHYSICS OF INDIAN-HATING, ACCORDING TO THE VIEWS OF ONE EVIDENTLY NOT SO PREPOSSESSED AS ROUSSEAU IN FAVOR OF SAVAGES
CHAPTER 27. SOME ACCOUNT OF A MAN OF QUESTIONABLE MORALITY, BUT WHO, NEVERTHELESS, WOULD SEEM ENTITLED TO THE ESTEEM OF THAT EMINENT ENGLISH MORALIST WHO SAID HE LIKED A GOOD HATER
CHAPTER 28. MOOT POINTS TOUCHING THE LATE COLONEL JOHN MOREDOCK
CHAPTER 29. THE BOON COMPANIONS
CHAPTER 30. OPENING WITH A POETICAL EULOGY OF THE PRESS AND CONTINUING WITH TALK INSPIRED BY THE SAME
CHAPTER 31. A METAMORPHOSIS MORE SURPRISING THAN ANY IN OVID
CHAPTER 32. SHOWING THAT THE AGE OF MAGIC AND MAGICIANS IS NOT YET OVER
CHAPTER 33. WHICH MAY PASS FOR WHATEVER IT MAY PROVE TO BE WORTH
CHAPTER 34. IN WHICH THE COSMOPOLITAN TELLS THE STORY OF THE GENTLEMAN MADMAN
CHAPTER 35. IN WHICH THE COSMOPOLITAN STRIKINGLY EVINCES THE ARTLESSNESS OF HIS NATURE
CHAPTER 36. IN WHICH THE COSMOPOLITAN IS ACCOSTED BY A MYSTIC, WHEREUPON ENSUES PRETTY MUCH SUCH TALK AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED
CHAPTER 37. THE MYSTICAL MASTER INTRODUCES THE PRACTICAL DISCIPLE
CHAPTER 38. THE DISCIPLE UNBENDS, AND CONSENTS TO ACT A SOCIAL PART
CHAPTER 39. THE HYPOTHETICAL FRIENDS
CHAPTER 40. IN WHICH THE STORY OF CHINA ASTER IS AT SECOND-HAND TOLD BY ONE WHO, WHILE NOT DISAPPROVING THE MORAL, DISCLAIMS THE SPIRIT OF THE STYLE
CHAPTER 41. ENDING WITH A RUPTURE OF THE HYPOTHESIS
CHAPTER 42. UPON THE HEEL OF THE LAST SCENE, THE COSMOPOLITAN ENTERS THE BARBER'S SHOP, A BENEDICTION ON HIS LIPS
CHAPTER 43. VERY CHARMING
CHAPTER 44. IN WHICH THE LAST THREE WORDS OF THE LAST CHAPTER ARE MADE THE TEXT OF DISCOURSE, WHICH WILL BE SURE OF RECEIVING MORE OR LESS ATTENTION FROM THOSE READERS WHO DO NOT SKIP IT
CHAPTER 45. THE COSMOPOLITAN INCREASES IN SERIOUSNESS
