{"id":"01KG8AJJRSMPBQ34GMMM5VYS3X","cid":"bafkreicv25s4nv4gg5efah6aeycpmy2tmjbw32i3ny26yi4ic5b6cm7q4u","type":"toc","properties":{"description":"# CONTENTS\n## Overview\nThis document is a table of contents for Herman Melville's novel, \"The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade.\" It lists the chapter titles and their corresponding page numbers within the original text. The table of contents spans from line 30 to line 278 of the source file.\n\n## Context\nThis table of contents is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection and was extracted from the file `the_confidence_man.txt`. It follows the [Introduction](arke:01KG8AJJRP7TJ172HDQFF006TM) and precedes [Chapter I](arke:01KG8AJJRZ9FY9YQ01XTWF7NMQ). The novel itself, [The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade](arke:01KG8AJ86G6HP7TCHND218MWGA), was published in 1857.\n\n## Contents\nThe table of contents outlines the progression of the narrative through 45 chapters. These chapters introduce a variety of characters and plot points, including a mute on a Mississippi steamboat, discussions on human nature, encounters with diverse individuals such as a gentleman with gold sleeve-buttons, a charitable lady, business men, an old miser, a sick man, an Herb-Doctor, a soldier of fortune, and a \"Cosmopolitan.\" The chapter titles suggest themes of morality, philosophy, and social commentary, culminating in complex narratives and character analyses.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:35.402Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"CONTENTS","end_line":278,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:36.061Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"CONTENTS","source_file":"01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4","start_line":30,"text":"CONTENTS\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER I.\r\n\r\nA mute goes aboard a boat on the Mississippi.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER II.\r\n\r\nShowing that many men have many minds.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER III.\r\n\r\nIn which a variety of characters appear.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER IV.\r\n\r\nRenewal of old acquaintance.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER V.\r\n\r\nThe man with the weed makes it an even question whether he be a great\r\nsage or a great simpleton.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER VI.\r\n\r\nAt the outset of which certain passengers prove deaf to the call of\r\ncharity.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER VII.\r\n\r\nA gentleman with gold sleeve-buttons.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER VIII.\r\n\r\nA charitable lady.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER IX.\r\n\r\nTwo business men transact a little business.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER X.\r\n\r\nIn the cabin.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XI.\r\n\r\nOnly a page or so.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XII.\r\n\r\nThe story of the unfortunate man, from which may be gathered whether or\r\nno he has been justly so entitled.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XIII.\r\n\r\nThe man with the traveling-cap evinces much humanity, and in a way which\r\nwould seem to show him to be one of the most logical of optimists.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XIV.\r\n\r\nWorth the consideration of those to whom it may prove worth considering.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XV.\r\n\r\nAn old miser, upon suitable representations, is prevailed upon to\r\nventure an investment.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XVI.\r\n\r\nA sick man, after some impatience, is induced to become a patient.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XVII.\r\n\r\nTowards the end of which the Herb-Doctor proves himself a forgiver of\r\ninjuries.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XVIII.\r\n\r\nInquest into the true character of the Herb-Doctor.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XIX.\r\n\r\nA soldier of fortune.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XX.\r\n\r\nReappearance of one who may be remembered.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXI.\r\n\r\nA hard case.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXII.\r\n\r\nIn the polite spirit of the Tusculan disputations.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXIII.\r\n\r\nIn which the powerful effect of natural scenery is evinced in the case\r\nof the Missourian, who, in view of the region round about Cairo, has a\r\nreturn of his chilly fit.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXIV.\r\n\r\nA philanthropist undertakes to convert a misanthrope, but does not get\r\nbeyond confuting him.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXV.\r\n\r\nThe Cosmopolitan makes an acquaintance.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXVI.\r\n\r\nContaining the metaphysics of Indian-hating, according to the views of\r\none evidently not so prepossessed as Rousseau in favor of savages.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXVII.\r\n\r\nSome account of a man of questionable morality, but who, nevertheless,\r\nwould seem entitled to the esteem of that eminent English moralist who\r\nsaid he liked a good hater.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXVIII.\r\n\r\nMoot points touching the late Colonel John Moredock.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXIX.\r\n\r\nThe boon companions.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXX.\r\n\r\nOpening with a poetical eulogy of the Press, and continuing with talk\r\ninspired by the same.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXI.\r\n\r\nA metamorphosis more surprising than any in Ovid.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXII.\r\n\r\nShowing that the age of music and magicians is not yet over.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXIII.\r\n\r\nWhich may pass for whatever it may prove to be worth.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXIV.\r\n\r\nIn which the Cosmopolitan tells the story of the gentleman-madman.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXV.\r\n\r\nIn which the Cosmopolitan strikingly evinces the artlessness of his\r\nnature.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXVI.\r\n\r\nIn which the Cosmopolitan is accosted by a mystic, whereupon ensues\r\npretty much such talk as might be expected.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXVII.\r\n\r\nThe mystical master introduces the practical disciple.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXVIII.\r\n\r\nThe disciple unbends, and consents to act a social part.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XXXIX.\r\n\r\nThe hypothetical friends.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XL.\r\n\r\nIn which the story of China Aster is, at second-hand, told by one who,\r\nwhile not disapproving the moral, disclaims the spirit of the style.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLI.\r\n\r\nEnding with a rupture of the hypothesis.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLII.\r\n\r\nUpon the heel of the last scene, the Cosmopolitan enters the barber's\r\nshop, a benediction on his lips.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLIII.\r\n\r\nVery charming.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLIV.\r\n\r\nIn which the last three words of the last chapter are made the text of\r\nthe discourse, which will be sure of receiving more or less attention\r\nfrom those readers who do not skip it.\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLV.\r\n\r\nThe Cosmopolitan increases in seriousness.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"CONTENTS"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ86G6HP7TCHND218MWGA","peer_type":"novel","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRP7TJ172HDQFF006TM","peer_type":"intro","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRZ9FY9YQ01XTWF7NMQ","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:36.217Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:35.748Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}