The Confidence-Man

The Confidence-Man:  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 as 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.
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 the 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.

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