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The Confidence-Man, by Herman Melville
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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.
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.