The Confidence-Man. Herman MelvilleЧитать онлайн книгу.

      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 music 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

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