THE MAN WITH THE WEED MAKES IT AN EVEN QUESTION WHETHER HE BE A GREAT SAGE OR A GREAT SIMPLETON
AT THE OUTSET OF WHICH CERTAIN PASSENGERS PROVE DEAF TO THE CALL OF CHARITY
A GENTLEMAN WITH GOLD SLEEVE-BUTTONS
A CHARITABLE LADY
TWO BUSINESS MEN TRANSACT A LITTLE BUSINESS
IN THE CABIN
ONLY A PAGE OR SO
STORY OF THE UNFORTUNATE MAN, FROM WHICH MAY BE GATHERED WHETHER OR NO HE HAS BEEN JUSTLY SO ENTITLED
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
WORTH THE CONSIDERATION OF THOSE TO WHOM IT MAY PROVE WORTH CONSIDERING
AN OLD MISER, UPON SUITABLE REPRESENTATIONS, IS PREVAILED UPON TO VENTURE AN INVESTMENT
A SICK MAN, AFTER SOME IMPATIENCE, IS INDUCED TO BECOME A PATIENT
TOWARDS THE END OF WHICH THE HERB-DOCTOR PROVES HIMSELF A FORGIVER OF INJURIES
INQUEST INTO THE TRUE CHARACTER OF THE HERB-DOCTOR
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
REAPPEARANCE OF ONE WHO MAY BE REMEMBERED
A HARD CASE
IN THE POLITE SPIRIT OF THE TUSCULAN DISPUTATIONS
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
A PHILANTHROPIST UNDERTAKES TO CONVERT A MISANTHROPE, BUT DOES NOT GET BEYOND CONFUTING HIM
THE COSMOPOLITAN MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE
CONTAINING THE METAPHYSICS OF INDIAN-HATING, ACCORDING TO THE VIEWS OF ONE EVIDENTLY NOT SO PREPOSSESSED AS ROUSSEAU IN FAVOR OF SAVAGES
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
MOOT POINTS TOUCHING THE LATE COLONEL JOHN MOREDOCK
THE BOON COMPANIONS
OPENING WITH A POETICAL EULOGY OF THE PRESS AND CONTINUING WITH TALK INSPIRED BY THE SAME
A METAMORPHOSIS MORE SURPRISING THAN ANY IN OVID
SHOWING THAT THE AGE OF MAGIC AND MAGICIANS IS NOT YET OVER
WHICH MAY PASS FOR WHATEVER IT MAY PROVE TO BE WORTH
IN WHICH THE COSMOPOLITAN TELLS THE STORY OF THE GENTLEMAN MADMAN
IN WHICH THE COSMOPOLITAN STRIKINGLY EVINCES THE ARTLESSNESS OF HIS NATURE
IN WHICH THE COSMOPOLITAN IS ACCOSTED BY A MYSTIC, WHEREUPON ENSUES PRETTY MUCH SUCH TALK AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED
THE MYSTICAL MASTER INTRODUCES THE PRACTICAL DISCIPLE
THE DISCIPLE UNBENDS, AND CONSENTS TO ACT A SOCIAL PART
THE HYPOTHETICAL FRIENDS
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
ENDING WITH A RUPTURE OF THE HYPOTHESIS
UPON THE HEEL OF THE LAST SCENE THE COSMOPOLITAN ENTERS THE BARBER'S SHOP, A BENEDICTION ON HIS LIPS
VERY CHARMING
IN WHICH THE LAST THREE WORDS OF THE LAST CHAPTER ARE MADE THE TEXT OF DISCOURSE, WHICH WILL BE SURE OF RECEIVING MORE OR LESS ATTENTION FROM THOSE READERS WHO DO NOT SKIP IT
THE COSMOPOLITAN INCREASES IN SERIOUSNESS
A MUTE GOES ABOARD A BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI AtsunriseonafirstofApril,thereappeared,suddenlyasMancoCapacatthelakeTiticaca,amanincream-colors,atthewater-sideinthecityofSt.Louis. Hischeekwasfair,hischindowny,hishairflaxen,hishatawhitefurone,withalongfleecynap.Hehadneithertrunk,valise,carpet-bag,norparcel.Noporterfollowedhim.Hewasunaccompaniedbyfriends.Fromtheshruggedshoulders,titters,whispers,wonderingsofthecrowd,itwasplainthathewas,intheextremestsenseoftheword,astranger. Inthesamemomentwithhisadvent,hesteppedaboardthefavoritesteamerFidle,onthepointofstartingforNewOrleans.Staredat,butunsaluted,withtheairofoneneithercourtingnorshunningregard,butevenlypursuingthepathofduty,leaditthroughsolitudesorcities,heheldonhiswayalongthelowerdeckuntilhechancedtocometoaplacardnighthecaptain'soffice,offeringarewardforthecaptureofamysteriousimpostor,supposedtohaverecentlyarrivedfromtheEast;quiteanoriginalgeniusinhisvocation,aswouldappear,thoughwhereinhisoriginalityconsistedwasnotclearlygiven;butwhatpurportedtobeacarefuldescriptionofhispersonfollowed. Asifithadbeenatheatre-bill,crowdsweregatheredabouttheannouncement,andamongthemcertainchevaliers,whoseeyes,itwasplain,wereonthecapitals,or,atleast,earnestlyseekingsightofthemfrombehindinterveningcoats;butasfortheirfingers,theywereenvelopedinsomemyth;though,duringachanceinterval,oneofthesechevalierssomewhatshowedhishandinpurchasingfromanotherchevalier,ex-officioapeddlerofmoney-belts,oneofhispopularsafe-guards,whileanotherpeddler,whowasstillanotherversatilechevalier,hawked,inthethickofthethrong,thelivesofMeasan,thebanditofOhio,Murrel,thepirateoftheMississippi,andthebrothersHarpe,theThugsoftheGreenRivercountry,inKentucky--creatures,withothersofthesort,oneandallexterminatedatthetime,andforthemostpart,likethehuntedgenerationsofwolvesinthesameregions,leavingcomparativelyfewsuccessors;whichwouldseemcauseforunalloyedgratulation,andissuchtoallexceptthosewhothinkthatinnewcountries,wherethewolvesarekilledoff,thefoxesincrease. Pausingatthisspot,thestrangersofarsucceededinthreadinghisway,asatlasttoplanthimselfjustbesidetheplacard,when,producingasmallslateandtracingsomewordsuponif,hehelditupbeforehimonalevelwiththeplacard,sothattheywhoreadtheonemightreadtheother.Thewordswerethese:-- "Charitythinkethnoevil." As,ingaininghisplace,somelittleperseverance,nottosaypersistence,ofamildlyinoffensivesort,hadbeenunavoidable,itwasnotwiththebestrelishthatthecrowdregardedhisapparentintrusion;anduponamoreattentivesurvey,perceivingnobadgeofauthorityabouthim,butrathersomethingquitethecontrary--hebeingofanaspectsosingularlyinnocent;anaspecttoo,whichtheytooktobesomehowinappropriatetothetimeandplace,andincliningtothenotionthathiswritingwasofmuchthesamesort:inshort,takinghimforsomestrangekindofsimpleton,harmlessenough,wouldhekeeptohimself,butnotwhollyunobnoxiousasanintruder--theymadenoscrupletojostlehimaside;whileone,lesskindthantherest,ormoreofawag,byanunobservedstroke,dexterously