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The Confidence-Man

   THE CONFIDENCE-MAN: HIS MASQUERADE.

   BY

   HERMAN MELVILLE

   NEW YORK: DIX, EDWARDS & CO., 321 BROADWAY 1857.



   Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1857, by HERMAN MELVILLE, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.


By Herman Melville

Title# Words# Reads
1 Chapter I. A Mute Goes Aboard A Boat On The Mississippi. 140442
2 Chapter II. Showing That Many Men Have Many Minds. 81350
3 Chapter III. In Which A Variety Of Characters Appear. 332246
4 Chapter IV. Renewal Of Old Acquaintance. 240535
5 Chapter V The Man With The Weed Makes It An Even Question Whether He Be A Great Sage Or A Great Simpleton. 156942
6 Chapter VI. At The Outset Of Which Certain Passengers Prove Deaf To The Call Of Charity. 246135
7 Chapter VII. A Gentleman With Gold Sleeve-Buttons. 328349
8 Chapter VIII. A Charitable Lady. 89846
9 Chapter IX. Two Business Men Transact A Little Business. 192244
10 Chapter X. In The Cabin. 184746
11 Chapter XI. Only A Page Or So. 68147
12 Chapter XII. Story Of The Unfortunate Man, From Which May Be Gathered Whether Or No He Has Been Justly So Entitled. 153240
13 Chapter XIII. 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. 195450
14 Chapter XIV. Worth The Consideration Of Those To Whom It May Prove Worth Considering. 109842
15 Chapter XV. An Old Miser, Upon Suitable Representations, Is Prevailed Upon To Venture An Investment. 171946
16 Chapter XVI. A Sick Man, After Some Impatience, Is Induced To Become A Patient 292337
17 Chapter XVII. Towards The End Of Which The Herb-Doctor Proves Himself A Forgiver Of Injuries. 194938
18 Chapter XVIII. Inquest Into The True Character Of The Herb-Doctor. 121950
19 Chapter XIX. A Soldier Of Fortune. 306849
20 Chapter XX. Reappearance Of One Who May Be Remembered. 173639
21 Chapter XXI. A Hard Case. 300036
22 Chapter XXII. In The Polite Spirit Of The Tusculan Disputations. 642850
23 Chapter XXIII. 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. 63062
24 Chapter XXIV. A Philanthropist Undertakes To Convert A Misanthrope, But Does Not Get Beyond Confuting Him. 327635
25 Chapter XXV. The Cosmopolitan Makes An Acquaintance. 172535
26 Chapter XXVI. Containing The Metaphysics Of Indian-Hating, According To The Views Of One Evidently Not So Prepossessed As Rousseau In Favor Of Savages. 326940
27 Chapter XXVII. 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. 170036
28 Chapter XXVIII. Moot Points Touching The Late Colonel John Moredock. 129045
29 Chapter XXIX The Boon Companions. 282036
30 Chapter XXX. Opening With A Poetical Eulogy Of The Press And Continuing With Talk Inspired By The Same. 511844
31 Chapter XXXI. A Metamorphosis More Surprising Than Any In Ovid. 12239
32 Chapter XXXII. Showing That The Age Of Magic And Magicians Is Not Yet Over. 45849
33 Chapter XXXIII. Which May Pass For Whatever It May Prove To Be Worth. 55348
34 Chapter XXXIV. In Which The Cosmopolitan Tells The Story Of The Gentleman Madman. 82841
35 Chapter XXXV. In Which The Cosmopolitan Strikingly Evinces The Artlessness Of His Nature. 28250
36 Chapter XXXVI. In Which The Cosmopolitan Is Accosted By A Mystic, Whereupon Ensues Pretty Much Such Talk As Might Be Expected. 343835
37 Chapter XXXVII The Mystical Master Introduces The Practical Disciple. 85042
38 Chapter XXXVIII. The Disciple Unbends, And Consents To Act A Social Part. 61951
39 Chapter XXXIX. The Hypothetical Friends. 243933
40 Chapter XL. 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. 591333
41 Chapter XLI. Ending With A Rupture Of The Hypothesis. 130933
42 Chapter XLII. Upon The Heel Of The Last Scene The Cosmopolitan Enters The Barber's Shop, A Benediction On His Lips. 217035
43 Chapter XLIII Very Charming. 303740
44 Chapter XLIV. 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. 69883
45 Chapter XLV. The Cosmopolitan Increases In Seriousness. 533324


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