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| Acknowledgments |
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| The Text of The Confidence-Man |
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CHAPTER 1. A mute goes aboard a boat on the Mississippi |
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CHAPTER 2. Showing that many men have many minds |
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13 | (4) |
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CHAPTER 3. In which' a variety of characters appear |
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17 | (9) |
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CHAPTER 4. Renewal of old acquaintance |
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26 | (6) |
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CHAPTER 5. The man with the weed makes it an even question whether he be a great sage or a great simpleton |
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32 | (5) |
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CHAPTER 6. At the outset of which certain passengers prove deaf to the call of charity |
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37 | (6) |
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CHAPTER 7. A gentleman with gold sleeve-buttons |
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43 | (9) |
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CHAPTER 8. A charitable lady |
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52 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 9. Two business men transact a little business |
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54 | (6) |
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60 | (4) |
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CHAPTER 11. Only a page or so |
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64 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 12. The story of the unfortunate man, from which may be gathered whether or no he has been justly so entitled |
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66 | (4) |
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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 |
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70 | (4) |
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CHAPTER 14. Worth the consideration of those to whom it may prove worth considering |
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74 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 15. An old miser, upon suitable representations, is prevailed upon to venture an investment |
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77 | (5) |
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CHAPTER 16. A sick man, after some impatience, is induced to become a patient |
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82 | (8) |
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CHAPTER 17. Towards the end of which the Herb-Doctor proves himself a forgiver of injuries |
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90 | (5) |
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CHAPTER 18. Inquest into the true character of the Herb-Doctor |
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95 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 19. A soldier of fortune |
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98 | (8) |
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CHAPTER 20. Reappearance of one who may be remembered |
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106 | (5) |
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111 | (7) |
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CHAPTER 22. In the polite spirit of the Tusculan disputations |
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118 | (16) |
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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 |
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134 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 24. A philanthropist undertakes to convert a misanthrope, but does not get beyond confuting him |
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136 | (8) |
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CHAPTER 25. The Cosmopolitan makes an acquaintance |
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144 | (5) |
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CHAPTER 26. Containing the metaphysics of Indian-hating, according to the views of one evidently not as prepossessed as Rousseau in favor of savages |
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149 | (8) |
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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 |
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157 | (4) |
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CHAPTER 28. Moot points touching the late Colonel John Moredock |
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161 | (4) |
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CHAPTER 29. The boon companions |
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165 | (7) |
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CHAPTER 30. Opening with a poetical eulogy of the Press, and continuing with talk inspired by the same |
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172 | (12) |
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CHAPTER 31. A metamorphosis more surprising than any in Ovid |
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184 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 32. Showing that the age of magic and magicians is not yet over |
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185 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 33. Which may pass for whatever it may prove to be worth |
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186 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 34. In which the Cosmopolitan tells the story of the gentleman-madman |
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187 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 35. In which the Cosmopolitan strikingly evinces the artlessness of his nature |
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189 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 36. In which the Cosmopolitan is accosted by a mystic, whereupon ensues pretty much such talk as might be expected |
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190 | (9) |
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CHAPTER 37. The mystical master introduces the practical disciple |
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199 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 38. The disciple unbends, and consents to act a social part |
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201 | (1) |
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CHAPTER 39. The hypothetical friends |
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202 | (6) |
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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 |
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208 | (13) |
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CHAPTER 41. Ending with a rupture of the hypothesis |
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221 | (3) |
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CHAPTER 42. Upon the heel of the last scene, the Cosmopolitan enters the barber's shop, a benediction on his lips |
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224 | (6) |
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CHAPTER 43. Very charming |
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230 | (6) |
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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 |
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236 | (2) |
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CHAPTER 45. The Cosmopolitan increases in seriousness |
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238 | (15) |
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253 | (5) |
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258 | (2) |
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MELVILLE'S SOURCES FOR CHAPTERS 14 AND 44 AND HIS REVISIONS |
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The "Shock of Wit" in Melville's Revisions of Chapter 14 |
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260 | (2) |
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Melville's "Smoky" Revisions of Chapter 14 |
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262 | (1) |
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Sources for Chapters 14 and 44 in The Confidence-Man |
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263 | (6) |
| Contemporary Reviews |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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A Morality Enacted by Masqued Players |
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270 | (2) |
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Philosophy Brought "Into the Living World" |
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272 | (1) |
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Melville as "A Mediaeval Jester" |
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273 | (3) |
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Hardly "A Genuine Sketch of American Society" |
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276 | (1) |
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Ineffably Meaningless and Trashy |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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A Connected Series of Dialogues |
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279 | (1) |
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Melville's "Reckless Perversion of High Abilities" |
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280 | (1) |
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A Mass of Writing Undigested and Indigestible |
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280 | (3) |
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Melville as Excellent Master of the Ceremonies |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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A Writer "Not in Love or Sympathy with His Kind" |
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285 | (1) |
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285 | (1) |
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A "Picture of American Society" |
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286 | (2) |
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Melville as Keen and Bitter Observer |
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288 | (2) |
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A Dull and Dismally Monotonous Book |
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290 | (3) |
| Biographical Overviews |
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The Confidence Man's Masquerade |
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293 | (11) |
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Johannes Dietrich Bergmann |
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From The Original Confidence Man |
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304 | (9) |
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Old Major Melvill and "this Worlds Goods" |
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313 | (13) |
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326 | (3) |
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329 | (11) |
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"The Root of All Was a Friendly Loan" |
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340 | (3) |
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A Note on Melville's Fascination with Criminals, Punishment, and Execution |
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343 | (1) |
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Melville, the Classics, and The Confidence-Man |
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344 | (7) |
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Herman Melville (as Recorded by Evert A. Duyckinck) |
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Melville's After-Table Talk, October 1, 1856 |
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351 | (1) |
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With Melville on Terms of Sociability and Confidence |
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352 | (1) |
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Melville as a Student of Aesthetics |
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353 | (8) |
| Backgrounds, Sources, and Criticism |
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UTOPIAS, SECTS, CULTS, AND CURE-ALLS |
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Delusions of a "Terrestrial Paradise" |
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361 | (6) |
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Who Is Happier: Polynesian Savage or Self-Complacent European? |
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367 | (2) |
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Must Christianizing the Heathen Destroy the Heathen? |
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369 | (5) |
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From They Discourse of Alma |
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374 | (2) |
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Dr. John Wakefield Francis |
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The Bostonian Heresy Invades Manhattan |
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376 | (2) |
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378 | (3) |
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From Chronometricals and Horologicals |
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381 | (4) |
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The Minister's Burden: Being Expected to Sympathize with the Afflicted |
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385 | (2) |
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Why Sensitive People Should Not Let Themselves Feel Pity |
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387 | (2) |
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389 | (1) |
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What Distresses the Poor: Artificial Wants |
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390 | (1) |
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Why the Poor in the United States Suffer More Than the Poor Elsewhere |
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391 | (1) |
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Joseph Curtis vs. Horace Greeley |
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392 | (1) |
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Robert Minturn's Scheme to Thwart Dishonest Beggars |
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393 | (1) |
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The New York Tribune on Begging and Charity |
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394 | (3) |
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New-Fangled Notions of the Social State |
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397 | (1) |
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A Confident Tide of Reformers |
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398 | (4) |
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From Misgivings: Melville, Race, and the Ambiguities of Benevolence |
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402 | (8) |
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THE LATEST HERESY: MELVILLE AND THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS |
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410 | (10) |
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The Great Satire of Transcendentalism |
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420 | (1) |
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Mark Winsome and Egbert: "In the Friendly Spirit" |
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421 | (6) |
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MELVILLE AND THE DEVIL IN THE BIBLE AND POPULAR LITERATURE |
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A Satanic Beggar: The Devil in Popular Stories |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (16) |
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445 | (1) |
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The Devil Is a Curious Chap |
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445 | (2) |
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The Confidence-Man and Satan's Disguises in Paradise Lost |
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447 | (6) |
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INDIAN HATING IN THE CONFIDENCE-MAN |
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The Historical Fact of Indian Hating |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (2) |
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Some of the Sources of This Animosity |
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Brief Account of Col. Moredock. |
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456 | (5) |
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All Races: Made in "the Image of God" |
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461 | (1) |
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Civilized Atrocities in the South Pacific |
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462 | (1) |
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Extermination as a Solution |
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463 | (1) |
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Colombia Trial Reveals Life ("Everyone Kills Indians") on the Plains |
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464 | (1) |
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465 | (2) |
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The Politics of Allegorizing Indian Hating |
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467 | (5) |
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Melville's Allegorical Indian as a Type of the Confidence Man |
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472 | (4) |
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Sources and Symbols for Melville's Confidence-Man |
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476 | (17) |
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The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating |
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493 | (10) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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