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Title: The Confidence-Man

Author: Herman Melville

Release Date: June 12, 2007 [EBook #21816]

Language: English

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THE CONFIDENCE-MAN:
HIS MASQUERADE.

BY

HERMAN MELVILLE,
AUTHOR OF "PIAZZA TALES," "OMOO," "TYPEE," ETC., ETC.

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.

MILLER & HOLMAN,
Printers and Stereotypers, N. Y.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

A mute goes aboard a boat on the Mississippi.

CHAPTER II.

Showing that many men have many minds.

CHAPTER III.

In which a variety of characters appear.

CHAPTER IV.

Renewal of old acquaintance.

CHAPTER V.

The man with the weed makes it an even question whether he be a great
sage or a great simpleton.

CHAPTER VI.

At the outset of which certain passengers prove deaf to the call of
charity.

CHAPTER VII.

A gentleman with gold sleeve-buttons.

CHAPTER VIII.

A charitable lady.

CHAPTER IX.

Two business men transact a little business.

CHAPTER X.

In the cabin.

CHAPTER XI.

Only a page or so.

CHAPTER XII.

The story of the unfortunate man, from which may be gathered whether or
no he has been justly so entitled.

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.

CHAPTER XIV.

Worth the consideration of those to whom it may prove worth considering.

CHAPTER XV.

An old miser, upon suitable representations, is prevailed upon to
venture an investment.

CHAPTER XVI.

A sick man, after some impatience, is induced to become a patient.

CHAPTER XVII.

Towards the end of which the Herb-Doctor proves himself a forgiver of
injuries.

CHAPTER XVII