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WORKS OF
HERMAN MELVILLE

Compiled by David Widger

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##  TYPEE
##  TYPEE, Illustrated
##  OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
##  MARDI I. AND A VOYAGE THITHER
##  MARDI II. AND A VOYAGE THITHER
##  REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE
##  WHITE-JACKET
##  MOBY-DICK; OR THE WHALE
BARTLEBY, THE SCRIVENER
##  PIERRE; OR THE AMBIGUITIES
##  ISRAEL POTTER
I AND MY CHIMNEY
##  THE CONFIDENCE-MAN
##  BATTLE-PIECES AND ASPECTS OF THE WAR
##  JOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMS
##  THE PIAZZA TALES
##  THE APPLE-TREE TABLE AND OTHER SKETCHES

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES


TYPEE

A ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS

By Herman Melville

Edited by Arthur Stedman



CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1892
TYPEE
CHAPTER ONE THE SEA-LONGINGS FOR SHORE-A LAND-SICK SHIP-DESTINATION OF THE VOYAGERS-THE MARQUESAS-ADVENTURE OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE AMONG THE SAVAGES-CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE OF THE QUEEN OF NUKUHEVA
CHAPTER TWO PASSAGE FROM THE CRUISING GROUND TO THE MARQUESAS-SLEEPY TIMES ABOARD SHIP-SOUTH SEA SCENERY-LAND HO-THE FRENCH SQUADRON DISCOVERED AT ANCHOR IN THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA-STRANGE PILOT-ESCORT OF CANOES-A FLOTILLA OF COCOANUTS-SWIMMING VISITORS-THE DOLLY BOARDED BY THEM-STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT ENSUE
CHAPTER THREE SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE OPERATIONS OF THE FRENCH AT THE MARQUESAS-PRUDENT CONDUCT OF THE ADMIRAL-SENSATION PRODUCED BY THE ARRIVAL OF THE STRANGERS-THE FIRST HORSE SEEN BY THE ISLANDERS-REFLECTIONS-MISERABLE SUBTERFUGE OF THE FRENCH-DIGRESSION CONCERNING TAHITI-SEIZURE OF THE ISLAND BY THE ADMIRAL-SPIRITED CONDUCT OF AN ENGLISH LADY
CHAPTER FOUR STATE OF AFFAIRS ABOARD THE SHIP-CONTENTS OF HER LARDER-LENGTH OF SOUTH SEAMEN'S VOYAGES-ACCOUNT OF A FLYING WHALE-MAN-DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE VESSEL-THE BAY OF NUKUHEVA-THE TYPEES-INVASION OF THEIR VALLEY BY PORTER-REFLECTIONS-GLEN OF TIOR-INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE OLD KING AND THE FRENCH ADMIRAL
CHAPTER FIVE THOUGHTS PREVIOUS TO ATTEMPTING AN ESCAPE-TOBY, A FELLOW SAILOR, AGREES TO SHARE THE ADVENTURE-LAST NIGHT ABOARD THE SHIP
CHAPTER SIX A SPECIMEN OF NAUTICAL ORATORY-CRITICISMS OF THE SAILORS-THE STARBOARD WATCH ARE GIVEN A HOLIDAY-THE ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER SEVEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN-DISAPPOINTMENT-INVENTORY OF ARTICLES BROUGHT FROM THE SHIP-DIVISION OF THE STOCK OF BREAD-APPEARANCE OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND-A DISCOVERY-A RAVINE AND WATERFALLS-A SLEEPLESS NIGHT-FURTHER DISCOVERIES-MY ILLNESS-A MARQUESAN LANDSCAPE
CHAPTER EIGHT THE IMPORTANT QUESTION, TYPEE OR HAPPAR?-A WILD GOOSE CHASE-MY SUFFERINGS-DISHEARTENING SITUATION-A NIGHT IN A RAVINE-MORNING MEAL-HAPPY IDEA OF TOBY-JOURNEY TOWARDS THE VALLEY
CHAPTER NINE PERILOUS PASSAGE OF THE RAVINE-DESCENT INTO THE VALLEY
CHAPTER TEN THE HEAD OF THE VALLEY-CAUTIOUS ADVANCE-A PATH-FRUIT-DISCOVERY OF TWO OF THE NATIVES-THEIR SINGULAR CONDUCT-APPROACH TOWARDS THE INHABITED PARTS OF THE VALE-SENSATION PRODUCED BY OUR APPEARANCE-RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE OF ONE OF THE NATIVES
CHAPTER ELEVEN MIDNIGHT REFLECTIONS-MORNING VISITORS-A WARRIOR IN COSTUME-A SAVAGE ÆSCULAPIUS-PRACTICE OF THE HEALING ART-BODY SERVANT-A DWELLING-HOUSE OF THE VALLEY DESCRIBED-PORTRAITS OF ITS INMATES
CHAPTER TWELVE OFFICIOUSNESS OF KORY-KORY-HIS DEVOTION-A BATH IN THE STREAM-WANT OF REFINEMENT OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS-STROLL WITH MEHEVI-A TYPEE HIGHWAY-THE TABOO GROVES-THE HOOLAH HOOLAH GROUND-THE TI-TIMEWORN SAVAGES-HOSPITALITY OF MEHEVI-MIDNIGHT MUSINGS-ADVENTURES IN THE DARK-DISTINGUISHED HONOURS PAID TO THE VISITORS-STRANGE PROCESSION AND RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF MARHEYO
CHAPTER THIRTEEN ATTEMPT TO PROCURE RELIEF FROM NUKUHEVA-PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF TOBY IN THE HAPPAR MOUNTAINS-ELOQUENCE OF KORY-KORY
CHAPTER FOURTEEN A GREAT EVENT HAPPENS IN THE VALLEY-THE ISLAND TELEGRAPH-SOMETHING BEFALLS TOBY-FAYAWAY DISPLAYS A TENDER HEART-MELANCHOLY REFLECTIONS-MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT OF THE ISLANDERS-DEVOTION OF KORY-KORY-A RURAL COUCH-A LUXURY-KORY-KORY STRIKES A LIGHT À LA TYPEE
CHAPTER FIFTEEN KINDNESS OF MARHEYO AND THE REST OF THE ISLANDERS-A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE-DIFFERENT MODES OF PREPARING THE FRUIT
CHAPTER SIXTEEN MELANCHOLY CONDITION-OCCURRENCE AT THE TI-ANECDOTE OF MARHEYO-SHAVING THE HEAD OF A WARRIOR
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH AND SPIRITS-FELICITY OF THE TYPEES-THEIR ENJOYMENTS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF MORE ENLIGHTENED COMMUNITIES-COMPARATIVE WICKEDNESS OF CIVILIZED AND UNENLIGHTENED PEOPLE-A SKIRMISH IN THE MOUNTAIN WITH THE WARRIORS OF HAPPAR
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN SWIMMING IN COMPANY WITH THE GIRLS OF THE VALLEY-A CANOE-EFFECTS OF THE TABOO-A PLEASURE EXCURSION ON THE POND-BEAUTIFUL FREAK OF FAYAWAY-MANTUA-MAKING-A STRANGER ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY-HIS MYSTERIOUS CONDUCT-NATIVE ORATORY-THE INTERVIEW-ITS RESULTS-DEPARTURE OF THE STRANGER
CHAPTER NINETEEN REFLECTIONS AFTER MARNOO'S DEPARTURE-BATTLE OF THE POP-GUNS-STRANGE CONCEIT OF MARHEYO-PROCESS OF MAKING TAPPA
CHAPTER TWENTY HISTORY OF A DAY AS USUALLY SPENT IN TYPEE VALLEY-DANCES OF THE MARQUESAN GIRLS
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE THE SPRING OF ARVA WAI-REMARKABLE MONUMENTAL REMAINS-SOME IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORY OF THE PI-PIS FOUND IN THE VALLEY
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PREPARATIONS FOR A GRAND FESTIVAL IN THE VALLEY-STRANGE DOINGS IN THE TABOO GROVES-MONUMENT OF CALABASHES-GALA COSTUME OF THE TYPEE DAMSELS-DEPARTURE FOR THE FESTIVAL
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE THE FEAST OF CALABASHES
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR IDEAS SUGGESTED BY THE FEAST OF CALABASHES-INACCURACY OF CERTAIN PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF THE ISLANDS-A REASON-NEGLECTED STATE OF HEATHENISM IN THE VALLEY-EFFIGY OF A DEAD WARRIOR-A SINGULAR SUPERSTITION-THE PRIEST KOLORY AND THE GOD MOA ARTUA-AMAZING RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE-A DILAPIDATED SHRINE-KORY-KORY AND THE IDOL-AN INFERENCE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERED AT THE FESTIVAL-PERSONAL BEAUTY OF THE TYPEES-THEIR SUPERIORITY OVER THE INHABITANTS OF THE OTHER ISLANDS-DIVERSITY OF COMPLEXION-A VEGETABLE COSMETIC AND OINTMENT-TESTIMONY OF VOYAGERS TO THE UNCOMMON BEAUTY OF THE MARQUESANS-FEW EVIDENCES OF INTERCOURSE WITH CIVILIZED BEINGS-DILAPIDATED MUSKET-PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY OF GOVERNMENT-REGAL DIGNITY OF MEHEVI
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX KING MEHEVI-ALLUSION TO HIS HAWAIIAN MAJESTY-CONDUCT OF MARHEYO AND MEHEVI IN CERTAIN DELICATE MATTERS-PECULIAR SYSTEM OF MARRIAGE-NUMBER OF POPULATION-UNIFORMITY-EMBALMING-PLACES OF SEPULTURE-FUNERAL OBSEQUIES AT NUKUHEVA-NUMBER OF INHABITANTS IN TYPEE-LOCATION OF THE DWELLINGS-HAPPINESS ENJOYED IN THE VALLEY-A WARNING-SOME IDEAS WITH REGARD TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE HAWAIIANS-STORY OF A MISSIONARY'S WIFE-FASHIONABLE EQUIPAGES AT OAHU-REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN THE SOCIAL CONDITION AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE TYPEES
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT FISHING PARTIES-MODE OF DISTRIBUTING THE FISH-MIDNIGHT BANQUET-TIME-KEEPING TAPERS-UNCEREMONIOUS STYLE OF EATING THE FISH
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VALLEY-GOLDEN LIZARDS-TAMENESS OF THE BIRDS-MOSQUITOES-FLIES-DOGS-A SOLITARY CAT-THE CLIMATE-THE COCOANUT TREE-SINGULAR MODES OF CLIMBING IT-AN AGILE YOUNG CHIEF-FEARLESSNESS OF THE CHILDREN-TOO-TOO AND THE COCOANUT TREE-THE BIRDS OF THE VALLEY
CHAPTER THIRTY A PROFESSOR OF THE FINE ARTS-HIS PERSECUTIONS-SOMETHING ABOUT TATTOOING AND TABOOING-TWO ANECDOTES IN ILLUSTRATION OF THE LATTER-A FEW THOUGHTS ON THE TYPEE DIALECT
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE STRANGE CUSTOM OF THE ISLANDERS-THEIR CHANTING, AND THE PECULIARITY OF THEIR VOICE-RAPTURE OF THE KING AT FIRST HEARING A SONG-A NEW DIGNITY CONFERRED ON THE AUTHOR-MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE VALLEY-ADMIRATION OF THE SAVAGES AT BEHOLDING A PUGILISTIC PERFORMANCE-SWIMMING INFANT-BEAUTIFUL TRESSES OF THE GIRLS-OINTMENT FOR THE HAIR
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO APPREHENSIONS OF EVIL-FRIGHTFUL DISCOVERY-SOME REMARKS ON CANNIBALISM-SECOND BATTLE WITH THE HAPPARS-SAVAGE SPECTACLE-MYSTERIOUS FEAST-SUBSEQUENT DISCLOSURES
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE THE STRANGER AGAIN ARRIVES IN THE VALLEY-SINGULAR INTERVIEW WITH HIM-ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE-FAILURE-MELANCHOLY SITUATION-SYMPATHY OF MARHEYO
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR THE ESCAPE
THE STORY OF TOBY
NOTE.

TYPEE

Herman Melville

Illustrations By Mead Schaeffer

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. A LAND-SICK SHIP

The sea—Longings for shore—A land-sick ship—Destination of the voyagers

CHAPTER II. TO THE MARQUESAS

Passage from the cruising ground to the Marquesas—Sleepy times aboard ship—South Sea scenery—Land ho!—The French squadron discovered at anchor in the bay of Nukuheva—Strange pilot—Escort of canoes—A flotilla of cocoa-nuts—Swimming visitors—The Dolly boarded by them—State of affairs that ensue.

CHAPTER III. AFFAIRS ABOARD

State of affairs aboard the ship—Contents of her larder—Length of South Seamen’s voyages—Account of a flying whale-man—Determination to leave the vessel—The bay of Nukuheva—The Typees.

CHAPTER IV. LAST NIGHT ABOARD

Thoughts previous to attempting an escape—Toby, a fellow-sailor, agrees to share the adventure—Last night aboard the ship.

CHAPTER V. THE ESCAPE

A specimen of nautical oratory—Criticisms of the sailors—The starboard watch are given a holiday—The escape to the mountains.

CHAPTER VI. DISAPPOINTMENT

The other side of the mountain—Disappointment—Inventory of articles brought from the ship—Division of the stock of bread—Appearance of the interior of the island—A discovery—A ravine and waterfalls—A sleepless night—Further discoveries—My illness—A Marquesan landscape.

CHAPTER VII. A WILD-GOOSE CHASE

The important question, Typee or Happar?—A wild-goose chase—My sufferings—Disheartening situation—A night in the ravine—Morning meal—Happy idea of Toby—Journey towards the valley.

CHAPTER VIII. INTO THE VALLEY

Perilous passage of the ravine—Descent into the valley.

CHAPTER IX. CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

The head of the valley—Cautious advance—A path—Fruit—Discovery of two of the natives—Their singular conduct—Approach towards the inhabited parts of the vale—Sensation produced by our appearance—Reception at the house of one of the natives.

CHAPTER X. MORNING VISITORS

Midnight reflections—Morning visitors—A warrior in costume—A savage Æsculapius—Practice of the healing art—Body-servant—A dwelling-house of the valley described—Portraits of its inmates.

CHAPTER XI. ADVENTURE IN THE DARK

Officiousness of Kory-Kory—His devotion—A bath in the stream—Want of refinement of the Typee damsels—Stroll with Mehevi—A Typee highway—The Taboo groves—The hoolah hoolah ground—The Ti—Timeworn savages—Hospitality of Mehevi—Midnight musings—Adventure in the dark—Distinguished honours paid to the visitors—Strange procession, and return to the house of Marheyo.

CHAPTER XII. ADVENTURE OF TOBY

Attempt to procure relief from Nukuheva—Perilous adventure of Toby in the Happar Mountains—Eloquence of Kory-Kory.

CHAPTER XIII. A GREAT EVENT

A great event happens in the valley—The island telegraph—Something befalls Toby—Fayaway displays a tender heart—Melancholy reflections—Mysterious conduct of the islanders—Devotion of Kory-Kory—A rural couch—A luxury—Kory-Kory strikes a light à la Typee.

CHAPTER XIV. KINDNESS OF THE ISLANDERS

Kindness of Marheyo and the rest of the islanders—A full description of the bread-fruit tree—Different modes of preparing the fruit.

CHAPTER XV. MELANCHOLY CONDITION

Melancholy condition—Occurrence at the Ti—Anecdote of Marheyo—Shaving the head of a warrior.

CHAPTER XVI. IMPROVEMENT

Improvement in health and spirits—Felicity of the Typees—A skirmish in the mountain with the warriors of Happar.

CHAPTER XVII. A STRANGER ARRIVES

Swimming in company with the girls of the valley—A canoe—Effects of the taboo—A pleasure excursion on the pond—Beautiful freak of Fayaway—Mantua-making—A stranger arrives in the valley—His mysterious conduct—Native oratory—The interview—Its results—Departure of the stranger.

CHAPTER XVIII. BATTLE OF THE POP-GUNS

Reflection after Marnoo’s departure—Battle of the pop-guns—Strange conceit of Marheyo—Process of making tappa.

CHAPTER XIX. DANCES

History of a day as usually spent in the Typee valley—Dances of the Marquesan girls.

CHAPTER XX. MONUMENTS

The spring of Arva Wai—Remarkable monumental remains—Some ideas with regard to the history of the pi-pis found in the valley.

CHAPTER XXI. A FESTIVAL

Preparations for a grand festival in the valley—Strange doings in the Taboo Groves—Monument of Calabashes—Gala costume of the Typee damsels—Departure for the festival.

CHAPTER XXII. THE FEAST OF CALABASHES

The Feast of Calabashes.

CHAPTER XXIII. RELIGION OF THE TYPEES

Ideas suggested by the Feast of Calabashes—Effigy of a dead warrior—A singular superstition—The priest Kolory and the god Moa Artua—Amazing religious observance—A dilapidated shrine—Kory-Kory and the idol—An inference.

CHAPTER XXIV. BEAUTY OF THE TYPEES

General information gathered at the festival—Personal beauty of the Typees—Their superiority over the inhabitants of the other islands—Diversity of complexion—A vegetable cosmetic and ointment—Testimony of voyagers to the uncommon beauty of the Marquesans—Few evidences of intercourse with civilized beings—Dilapidated musket—Primitive simplicity of government—Regal dignity of Mehevi.

CHAPTER XXV. MARRIAGE CUSTOMS

King Mehevi—Conduct of Marheyo and Mehevi in certain delicate matters—Peculiar system of marriage—Number of population—Uniformity—Embalming—Places of sepulture—Funeral obsequies at Nukuheva—Number of inhabitants in Typee—Location of the dwellings—Happiness enjoyed in the valley.

CHAPTER XXVI. SOCIAL CONDITIONS

The social condition and general character of the Typees.

CHAPTER XXVII. FISHING PARTIES

Fishing parties—Mode of distributing the fish—Midnight banquet—Timekeeping tapers—Unceremonious style of eating the fish.

CHAPTER XXVIII. NATURAL HISTORY

Natural history of the valley—Golden lizards—Tameness of the birds—Mosquitoes—Flies—Dogs—A solitary cat—The climate—The cocoa-nut tree—Singular modes of climbing it—An agile young chief—Fearlessness of the children—Too-too and the cocoa-nut tree—The birds of the valley.

CHAPTER XXIX. TATTOOING

A professor of the fine arts—His persecutions—Something about tattooing and tabooing—Two anecdotes in illustration of the latter—A few thoughts on the Typee dialect.

CHAPTER XXX. MUSIC

Strange custom of the islanders—Their chanting, and the peculiarity of their voice—Rapture of the king at first hearing a song—A new dignity conferred on the author—Musical instruments in the valley—Admiration of the savages at beholding a pugilistic performance—Swimming infant—Beautiful tresses of the girls—Ointment for the hair.

CHAPTER XXXI. CANNIBALISM

Apprehensions of evil—Frightful discovery—Some remarks on cannibalism—Second battle with the Happars—Savage spectacle—Mysterious feast—Subsequent disclosures.

CHAPTER XXXII. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE

The stranger again arrives in the valley—Singular interview with him—Attempt to escape—Failure—Melancholy situation—Sympathy of Marheyo.

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ESCAPE

The escape

SEQUEL

NOTE.—The Author of “Typee” was more than two years in the South Seas, after escaping from the valley, as recounted in the last chapter. Some time after returning home the foregoing narrative was published, though it was little thought at the time that this would be the means of revealing the existence of Toby, who had long been given up for lost. But so it proved. The story of his escape supplies a natural sequel to the adventure, and as such it is now added to the volume. It was related to the Author by Toby himself.

APPENDIX


OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS

By Herman Melville

CONTENTS

PART I

CHAPTER I.MY RECEPTION ABOARD
CHAPTER II.SOME ACCOUNT OF THE SHIP
CHAPTER III.FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE JULIA
CHAPTER IV.A SCENE IN THE FORECASTLE
CHAPTER V.WHAT HAPPENED AT HYTYHOO
CHAPTER VI.WE TOUCH AT LA DOMINICA
CHAPTER VII.WHAT HAPPENED AT HANNAMANOO
CHAPTER VIII.THE TATTOOERS OF LA DOMINICA
CHAPTER IX.WE STEER TO THE WESTWARD—STATE OF AFFAIRS
CHAPTER X.A SEA-PARLOUR DESCRIBED, WITH SOME OF ITS TENANTS
CHAPTER XI.DOCTOR LONG GHOST A WAG—ONE OF HIS CAPERS
CHAPTER XII.DEATH AND BURIAL OF TWO OF THE CREW
CHAPTER XIII.OUR DESTINATION CHANGED
CHAPTER XIV.ROPE YARN
CHAPTER XV.CHIPS AND BUNGS
CHAPTER XVI.WE ENCOUNTER A GALE
CHAPTER XVII.THE CORAL ISLANDS
CHAPTER XVIII.TAHITI
CHAPTER XIX.A SURPRISE—MORE ABOUT BEMBO
CHAPTER XX.THE ROUND ROBIN—VISITORS FROM SHORE
CHAPTER XXI.PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSUL
CHAPTER XXII.THE CONSUL'S DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XXIII.THE SECOND NIGHT OFF PAPEETEE
CHAPTER XXIV.OUTBREAK OF THE CREW
CHAPTER XXV.JERMIN ENCOUNTERS AN OLD SHIPMATE
CHAPTER XXVI.WE ENTER THE HARBOUR—JIM THE PILOT
CHAPTER XXVII.A GLANCE AT PAPEETEE—WE ARE SENT ABOARD THE FRIGATE
CHAPTER XXVIII.RECEPTION FROM THE FRENCHMAN
CHAPTER XXIX.THE REINE BLANCHE
CHAPTER XXX.THEY TAKE US ASHORE—WHAT HAPPENED THERE
CHAPTER XXXI.THE CALABOOZA BERETANEE
CHAPTER XXXII.PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRENCH AT TAHITI
CHAPTER XXXIII.WE RECEIVE CALLS AT THE HOTEL DE CALABOOZA
CHAPTER XXXIV.LIFE AT THE CALABOOZA
CHAPTER XXXV.VISIT FROM AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XXXVI.WE ARE CARRIED BEFORE THE CONSUL AND CAPTAIN
CHAPTER XXXVII.THE FRENCH PRIESTS PAY THEIR RESPECTS
CHAPTER XXXVIII.LITTLE JULIA SAILS WITHOUT US
CHAPTER XXXIX.JERMIN SERVES US A GOOD TURN—FRIENDSHIPS IN POLYNESIA

PART II

CHAPTER XL.WE TAKE UNTO OURSELVES FRIENDS
CHAPTER XLI.WE LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE SHIPPING
CHAPTER XLII.MOTOO-OTOO A TAHITIAN CASUIST
CHAPTER XLIII.ONE IS JUDGED BY THE COMPANY HE KEEPS
CHAPTER XLIV.CATHEDRAL OF PAPOAR—THE CHURCH OP THE COCOA-NUTS
CHAPTER XLV.MISSIONARY'S SERMON; WITH SOME REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER XLVI.SOMETHING ABOUT THE KANNAKIPPERS
CHAPTER XLVII.HOW THEY DRESS IN TAHITI
CHAPTER XLVIII.TAHITI AS IT IS
CHAPTER XLIX.SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED
CHAPTER L.SOMETHING HAPPENS TO LONG GHOST
CHAPTER LI.WILSON GIVES US THE CUT—DEPARTURE FOR IMEEO
CHAPTER LII.THE VALLEY OF MARTAIR
CHAPTER LIII.FARMING IN POLYNESIA
CHAPTER LIV.SOME ACCOUNT OF THE WILD CATTLE IN POLYNESIA
CHAPTER LV.A HUNTING RAMBLE WITH ZEKE
CHAPTER LVI.MOSQUITOES
CHAPTER LVII.THE SECOND HUNT IN THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER LVIII.THE HUNTING-FEAST; AND A VISIT TO AFREHITOO
CHAPTER LIX.THE MURPHIES
CHAPTER LX.WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF US IN MARTAIR
CHAPTER LXI.PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER LXII.TAMAI
CHAPTER LXIII.A DANCE IN THE VALLEY
CHAPTER LXIV.MYSTERIOUS
CHAPTER LXV.THE HEGIRA, OR FLIGHT
CHAPTER LXVI.HOW WE WERE TO GET TO TALOO
CHAPTER LXVII.THE JOURNEY ROUND THE BEACH
CHAPTER LXVIII.A DINNER-PARTY IN IMEEO
CHAPTER LXIX.THE COCOA-PALM
CHAPTER LXX.LIFE AT LOOHOOLOO
CHAPTER LXXI.WE START FOR TALOO
CHAPTER LXXII.A DEALER IN THE CONTRABAND
CHAPTER LXXIII.OUR RECEPTION IN PARTOOWYE
CHAPTER LXXIV.RETIRING FOR THE NIGHT—THE DOCTOR GROWS DEVOUT
CHAPTER LXXV.A RAMBLE THROUGH THE SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER LXXVI.AN ISLAND JILT—WE VISIT THE SHIP
CHAPTER LXXVII.A PARTY OF ROVERS—LITTLE LOO AND THE DOCTOR
CHAPTER LXXVIII.MRS. BELL
CHAPTER LXXIX.TALOO CHAPEL—HOLDING COURT IN POLYNESIA
CHAPTER LXXX.QUEEN POMAREE
CHAPTER LXXXI.WE VISIT THE COURT
CHAPTER LXXXII.WHICH ENDS THE BOOK

MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER

By Herman Melville

In Two Volumes

Vol. I

1864



CONTENTS

PREFACE
MARDI
CHAPTER I Foot In Stirrup
CHAPTER II A Calm
CHAPTER III A King For A Comrade
CHAPTER IV A Chat In The Clouds
CHAPTER V Seats Secured And Portmanteaus Packed
CHAPTER VI Eight Bells
CHAPTER VII A Pause
CHAPTER VIII They Push Off, Velis Et Remis
CHAPTER IX The Watery World Is All Before Them
CHAPTER X They Arrange Their Canopies And Lounges, And Try To Make Things
CHAPTER XI Jarl Afflicted With The Lockjaw
CHAPTER XII More About Being In An Open Boat
CHAPTER XIII Of The Chondropterygii, And Other Uncouth Hordes Infesting The South Seas
CHAPTER XIV Jarl's Misgivings
CHAPTER XV A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
CHAPTER XVI They Are Becalmed
CHAPTER XVII In High Spirits, They Push On For The Terra Incognita
CHAPTER XVIII My Lord Shark And His Pages
CHAPTER XIX Who Goes There?
CHAPTER XX Noises And Portents
CHAPTER XXI Man Ho!
CHAPTER XXII What Befel The Brigantine At The Pearl Shell Islands
CHAPTER XXIII Sailing From The Island They Pillage The Cabin
CHAPTER XXIV Dedicated To The College Of Physicians And Surgeons
CHAPTER XXV Peril A Peace-Maker
CHAPTER XXVI Containing A Pennyweight Of Philosophy
CHAPTER XXVII In Which The Past History Op The Parki Is Concluded
CHAPTER XXVIII Suspicions Laid, And Something About The Calmuc
CHAPTER XXIX What They Lighted Upon In Further Searching The Craft, And The
CHAPTER XXX Hints For A Full Length Of Samoa
CHAPTER XXXI Rovings Alow And Aloft
CHAPTER XXXII Xiphius Platypterus
CHAPTER XXXIII Otard
CHAPTER XXXIV How They Steered On Their Way
CHAPTER XXXV Ah, Annatoo!
CHAPTER XXXVI The Parki Gives Up The Ghost
CHAPTER XXXVII Once More They Take To The Chamois
CHAPTER XXXVIII The Sea On Fire
CHAPTER XXXIX They Fall In With Strangers
CHAPTER XL Sire And Sons
CHAPTER XLI A Fray
CHAPTER XLII Remorse
CHAPTER XLIII The Tent Entered
CHAPTER XLIV Away
CHAPTER XLV Reminiscences
CHAPTER XLVI The Chamois With A Roving Commission
CHAPTER XLVII Yillah, Jarl, And Samoa
CHAPTER XLVIII Something Under The Surface
CHAPTER XLIX Yillah
CHAPTER L Yillah In Ardair
CHAPTER LI The Dream Begins To Fade
CHAPTER LII World Ho!
CHAPTER LIII The Chamois Ashore
CHAPTER LIV A Gentleman From The Sun
CHAPTER LV Tiffin In A Temple
CHAPTER LVI King Media A Host
CHAPTER LVII Taji Takes Counsel With Himself
CHAPTER LVIII Mardi By Night And Yillah By Day
CHAPTER LIX Their Morning Meal
CHAPTER LX Belshazzar On The Bench
CHAPTER LXI An Incognito
CHAPTER LXII Taji Retires From The World
CHAPTER LXIII Odo And Its Lord
CHAPTER LXIV Yillah A Phantom
CHAPTER LXV Taji Makes Three Acquaintances
CHAPTER LXVI With A Fair Wind, At Sunrise They Sail
CHAPTER LXVII Little King Peepi
CHAPTER LXVIII How Teeth Were Regarded In Valapee
CHAPTER LXIX The Company Discourse, And Braid-Beard Rehearses A Legend
CHAPTER LXX The Minstrel Leads Off With A Paddle-Song; And A Message Is Received
CHAPTER LXXI They Land Upon The Island Of Juam
CHAPTER LXXII A Book From The Chronicles Of Mohi
CHAPTER LXXIII Something More Of The Prince
CHAPTER LXXIV Advancing Deeper Into The Vale, They Encounter Donjalolo
CHAPTER LXXV Time And Temples
CHAPTER LXXVI A Pleasant Place For A Lounge
CHAPTER LXXVII The House Of The Afternoon
CHAPTER LXXVIII Babbalanja Solus
CHAPTER LXXIX The Center Of Many Circumferences
CHAPTER LXXX Donjalolo In The Bosom Of His Family
CHAPTER LXXXI Wherein Babbalanja Relates The Adventure Of One Karkeke In The Land
CHAPTER LXXXII How Donjalolo, Sent Agents To The Surrounding Isles; With The Result
CHAPTER LXXXIII They Visit The Tributary Islets
CHAPTER LXXXIV Taji Sits Down To Dinner With Five-And-Twenty Kings, And A Royal Time
CHAPTER LXXXV After Dinner
CHAPTER LXXXVI Of Those Scamps The Plujii
CHAPTER LXXXVII Nora-Bamma
CHAPTER LXXXVIII In A Calm, Hautia's Heralds Approach
CHAPTER LXXXIX Braid-Beard Rehearses The Origin Of The Isle Of Rogues
CHAPTER XC Rare Sport At Ohonoo
CHAPTER XCI Of King Uhia And His Subjects
CHAPTER XCII The God Keevi And The Precipice Op Mondo
CHAPTER XCIII Babbalanja Steps In Between Mohi And Yoomy; And Yoomy Relates A
CHAPTER XCIV Of That Jolly Old Lord, Borabolla; And That Jolly Island Of His,
CHAPTER XCV That Jolly Old Lord Borabolla Laughs On Both Sides Of His Face
CHAPTER XCVI Samoa A Surgeon
CHAPTER XCVII Faith And Knowledge
CHAPTER XCVIII The Tale Of A Traveler
CHAPTER XCIX "Marnee Ora, Ora Marnee"
CHAPTER C The Pursuer Himself Is Pursued
CHAPTER CI The Iris
CHAPTER CII They Depart From Mondoldo
CHAPTER CIII As They Sail
CHAPTER CIV Wherein Babbalanja Broaches A Diabolical Theory, And, In His Own

MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER

By Herman Melville

In Two Volumes

Vol. II.

1864



CONTENTS

MARDI
CHAPTER I. Maramma
CHAPTER II. They Land
CHAPTER III. They Pass Through The Woods
CHAPTER IV. Hivohitee MDCCCXLVIII.
CHAPTER V. They Visit The Great Morai
CHAPTER VI. They Discourse Of The Gods Of Mardi, And Braid-Beard Tells Of One Foni
CHAPTER VII. They Visit The Lake Of Yammo
CHAPTER VIII. They Meet The Pilgrims At The Temple Of Oro
CHAPTER IX. They Discourse Of Alma
CHAPTER X. Mohi Tells Of One Ravoo, And They Land To Visit Revaneva, A
CHAPTER XI. A Nursery-Tale Of Babbalanja's
CHAPTER XII. Landing To Visit Hivohitee The Pontiff, They Encounter An
CHAPTER XIII. Babbalanja Endeavors To Explain The Mystery
CHAPTER XIV. Taji Receives Tidings And Omens
CHAPTER XV. Dreams
CHAPTER XVI. Media And Babbalanja Discourse
CHAPTER XVII. They Regale Themselves With Their Pipes
CHAPTER XVIII. They Visit An Extraordinary Old Antiquary
CHAPTER XIX. They Go Down Into The Catacombs
CHAPTER XX. Babbalanja Quotes From An Antique Pagan; And Earnestly Presses It Upon
CHAPTER XXI. They Visit A Wealthy Old Pauper
CHAPTER XXII. Yoomy Sings Some Odd Verses, And Babbalanja Quotes From The Old
CHAPTER XXIII. What Manner Of Men The Tapparians Were
CHAPTER XXIV. Their Adventures Upon Landing At Pimminee
CHAPTER XXV. A, I, AND O
CHAPTER XXVI. A Reception Day At Pimminee
CHAPTER XXVII. Babbalanja Falleth Upon Pimminee Tooth And Nail
CHAPTER XXVIII. Babbalanja Regales The Company With Some Sandwiches
CHAPTER XXIX. They Still Remain Upon The Rock
CHAPTER XXX. Behind And Before
CHAPTER XXXI. Babbalanja Discourses In The Dark
CHAPTER XXXII. My Lord Media Summons Mohi To The Stand
CHAPTER XXXIII. Wherein Babbalanja And Yoomy Embrace
CHAPTER XXXIV. Of The Isle Of Diranda
CHAPTER XXXV. They Visit The Lords Piko And Hello
CHAPTER XXXVI. They Attend The Games
CHAPTER XXXVII. Taji Still Hunted, And Beckoned
CHAPTER XXXVIII. They Embark From Diranda
CHAPTER XXXIX. Wherein Babbalanja Discourses Of Himself
CHAPTER XL. Of The Sorcerers In The Isle Of Minda
CHAPTER XLI. Chiefly Of Sing Bello
CHAPTER XLII. Dominora And Vivenza
CHAPTER XLIII. They Land At Dominora
CHAPTER XLIV. Through Dominora, They Wander After Yillah
CHAPTER XLV. They Behold King Bello's State Canoe
CHAPTER XLVI. Wherein Babbalanja Bows Thrice
CHAPTER XLVII. Babbalanja Philosophizes, And My Lord Media Passes Round The
CHAPTER XLVIII. They Sail Round An Island Without Landing; And Talk Round A Subject
CHAPTER XLIX. They Draw Nigh To Porpheero; Where They Behold A Terrific Eruption
CHAPTER L. Wherein King Media Celebrates The Glories Of Autumn, The Minstrel, The Promise Of Spring
CHAPTER LI. In Which Azzageddi Seems To Use Babbalanja For A Mouth-Piece
CHAPTER LII. The Charming Yoomy Sings
CHAPTER LIII. They Draw Nigh Unto Land
CHAPTER LIV. They Visit The Great Central Temple Of Vivenza
CHAPTER LV. Wherein Babbalanja Comments Upon The Speech Of Alanno
CHAPTER LVI. A Scene In Tee Land Of Warwicks, Or King-Makers
CHAPTER LVII. They Hearken Unto A Voice From The Gods
CHAPTER LVIII. They Visit The Extreme South Of Vivenza
CHAPTER LIX. They Converse Of The Mollusca, Kings, Toad-Stools And Other Matters
CHAPTER LX. Wherein, That Gallant Gentleman And Demi-God, King Media, Scepter In
CHAPTER LXI. They Round The Stormy Cape Of Capes
CHAPTER LXII. They Encounter Gold-Hunters
CHAPTER LXIII. They Seek Through The Isles Of Palms; And Pass The Isles Of Myrrh
CHAPTER LXIV. Concentric, Inward, With Mardi's Reef, They Leave Their Wake Around
CHAPTER LXV. Sailing On
CHAPTER LXVI. A Flight Of Nightingales From Yoomy's Mouth
CHAPTER LXVII. They Visit One Doxodox
CHAPTER LXVIII. King Media Dreams
CHAPTER LXIX. After A Long Interval, By Night They Are Becalmed
CHAPTER LXX. They Land At Hooloomooloo
CHAPTER LXXI. A Book From The "Ponderings Of Old Bardianna"
CHAPTER LXXII. Babbalanja Starts To His Feet
CHAPTER LXXIII. At Last, The Last Mention Is Made Of Old Bardianna; And His Last Will
CHAPTER LXXIV. A Death-Cloud Sweeps By Them, As They Sail
CHAPTER LXXV. They Visit The Palmy King Abrazza
CHAPTER LXXVI. Some Pleasant, Shady Talk In The Groves, Between My Lords Abrazza And
CHAPTER LXXVII. They Sup
CHAPTER LXXVIII. They Embark
CHAPTER LXXIX. Babbalanja At The Full Of The Moon
CHAPTER LXXX. Morning
CHAPTER LXXXI. L'ultima Sera
CHAPTER LXXXII. They Sail From Night To Day
CHAPTER LXXXIII. They Land
CHAPTER LXXXIV. Babbalanja Relates To Them A Vision
CHAPTER LXXXV. They Depart From Serenia
CHAPTER LXXXVI. They Meet The Phantoms
CHAPTER LXXXVII. They Draw Nigh To Flozella
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. They Land
CHAPTER LXXXIX. They Enter The Bower Of Hautia
CHAPTER XC. Taji With Hautia
CHAPTER XCI. Mardi Behind: An Ocean Before

REDBURN, HIS FIRST VOYAGE

Herman Melville

CONTENTS

I HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN'S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM
II REDBURN'S DEPARTURE FROM HOME
III HE ARRIVES IN TOWN
IV HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE
V HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES
VI HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST
VII HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD
VIII HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES
IX THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM
X HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN
XI HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST
XII HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON
XIII HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND
XIV HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN
XV THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE
XVI AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL
XVII THE COOK AND STEWARD
XVIII HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK
XIX A NARROW ESCAPE
XX IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS
XXI A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN
XXII THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK
XXIII AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY
XXIV HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO's MONKEY
XXV QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE
XXVI A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES
XXVII HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL
XXVIII HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER
XXIX REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS
XXX REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS
XXXI WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN
XXXII THE DOCKS
XXXIII THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS
XXXIV THE IRRAWADDY
XXXV GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL
XXXVI THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE
XXXVII WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT'S-HEY
XXXVIII THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS
XXXIX THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN
XL PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS
XLI REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HTHER AND THITHER
XLII HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN
XLIII HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS
XLIV REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER
XLV HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON
XLVI A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON
XLVII HOMEWARD BOUND
XLVIII A LIVING CORPSE
XLIX CARLO
L HARRY BOLTON AT SEA
LI THE EMIGRANTS
LII THE EMIGRANTS' KITCHEN
LIII THE HORATII AND CURIATII
LIV SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL
LV DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON'S CAREER
LVI UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION
LVII ALMOST A FAMINE
LVIII THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND
LIX THE LAST END OF JACKSON
LX HOME AT LAST
LXI REDBURN AND HARRY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
LXII THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON

WHITE-JACKET or THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR

By Herman Melville

CONTENTS

CHAPTER  
I.   THE JACKET.
II.   HOMEWARD BOUND.
III.   A GLANCE AT THE PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS, INTO WHICH A MAN-OF-WAR'S CREW IS DIVIDED.
IV.   JACK CHASE.
V.   JACK CHASE ON A SPANISH QUARTER-DECK.
VI.   THE QUARTER-DECK OFFICERS, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND BERTH-DECK UNDERLINGS OF A MAN-OF-WAR; WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE SHIP; HOW THEY LIVE; THEIR SOCIAL STANDING ON SHIP-BOARD; AND WHAT SORT OF GENTLEMEN THEY ARE.
VII.   BREAKFAST, DINNER, AND SUPPER.
VIII.   SELVAGEE CONTRASTED WITH MAD-JACK.
IX.   OF THE POCKETS THAT WERE IN THE JACKET.
X.   FROM POCKETS TO PICKPOCKETS.
XI.   THE PURSUIT OF POETRY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
XII.   THE GOOD OR BAD TEMPER OF MEN-OF-WAR'S MEN, IN A GREAT DEGREE, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR PARTICULAR STATIONS AND DUTIES ABOARD SHIP.
XIII.   A MAN-OF-WAR HERMIT IN A MOB.
XIV.   A DRAUGHT IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XV.   A SALT-JUNK CLUB IN A MAN-OF-WAR, WITH A NOTICE TO QUIT.
XVI.   GENERAL TRAINING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XVII.   AWAY! SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH CUTTERS, AWAY!
XVIII.   A MAN-OF-WAR FULL AS A NUT.
XIX.   THE JACKET ALOFT.
XX.   HOW THEY SLEEP IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXI.   ONE REASON WHY MEN-OF-WAR'S MEN ARE, GENERALLY, SHORT-LIVED.
XXII.   WASH-DAY AND HOUSE-CLEANING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXIII.   THEATRICALS IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXIV.   INTRODUCTORY TO CAPE HORN.
XXV.   THE DOG-DAYS OFF CAPE HORN.
XXVI.   THE PITCH OF THE CAPE.
XXVII.   SOME THOUGHTS GROWING OUT OF MAD JACK'S COUNTERMANDING HIS SUPERIOR'S ORDER.
XXVIII.   EDGING AWAY.
XXIX.   THE NIGHT-WATCHES.
XXX.   A PEEP THROUGH A PORT-HOLE AT THE SUBTERRANEAN PARTS OF A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXXI.   THE GUNNER UNDER HATCHES.
XXXII.   A DISH OF DUNDERFUNK.
XXXIII.   A FLOGGING.
XXXIV.   SOME OF THE EVIL EFFECTS OF FLOGGING.
XXXV.   FLOGGING NOT LAWFUL.
XXXVI.   FLOGGING NOT NECESSARY.
XXXVII.   SOME SUPERIOR OLD "LONDON DOCK" FROM THE WINE-COOLERS OF NEPTUNE.
XXXVIII.   THE CHAPLAIN AND CHAPEL IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XXXIX.   THE FRIGATE IN HARBOUR.—THE BOATS.—GRAND STATE RECEPTION OF THE COMMODORE.
XL.   SOME OF THE CEREMONIES IN A MAN-OF-WAR UNNECESSARY AND INJURIOUS.
XLI.   A MAN-OF-WAR LIBRARY.
XLII.   KILLING TIME IN A MAN-OF-WAR IN HARBOUR.
XLIII.   SMUGGLING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLIV.   A KNAVE IN OFFICE IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLV.   PUBLISHING POETRY IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLVI.   THE COMMODORE ON THE POOP, AND ONE OF "THE PEOPLE" UNDER THE HANDS OF THE SURGEON.
XLVII.   AN AUCTION IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLVIII.   PURSER, PURSER'S STEWARD, AND POSTMASTER IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XLIX.   RUMOURS OF A WAR, AND HOW THEY WERE RECEIVED BY THE POPULATION OF THE NEVERSINK.
L.   THE BAY OF ALL BEAUTIES.
LI.   ONE OF "THE PEOPLE" HAS AN AUDIENCE WITH THE COMMODORE AND THE CAPTAIN ON THE QUARTER-DECK.
LII.   SOMETHING CONCERNING MIDSHIPMEN.
LIII.   SEAFARING PERSONS PECULIARLY SUBJECT TO BEING UNDER THE WEATHER.—THE EFFECTS OF THIS UPON A MAN-OF-WAR CAPTAIN.
LIV.   "THE PEOPLE" ARE GIVEN "LIBERTY."
LV.   MIDSHIPMEN ENTERING THE NAVY EARLY.
LVI.   A SHORE EMPEROR ON BOARD A MAN-OF-WAR.
LVII.   THE EMPEROR REVIEWS THE PEOPLE AT QUARTERS.
LVIII.   A QUARTER-DECK OFFICER BEFORE THE MAST.
LIX.   A MAN-OF-WAR BUTTON DIVIDES TWO BROTHERS.
LX.   A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN SHOT AT.
LXI.   THE SURGEON OF THE FLEET.
LXII.   A CONSULTATION OF MAN-OF-WAR SURGEONS.
LXIII.   THE OPERATION.
LXIV.   MAN-OF-WAR TROPHIES.
LXV.   A MAN-OF-WAR RACE.
LXVI.   FUN IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
LXVII.   WHITE-JACKET ARRAIGNED AT THE MAST.
LXVIII.   A MAN-OF-WAR FOUNTAIN, AND OTHER THINGS.
LXIX.   PRAYERS AT THE GUNS.
LXX.   MONTHLY MUSTER ROUND THE CAPSTAN.
LXXI.   THE GENEALOGY OF THE ARTICLES OF WAR.
LXXII.   "HEREIN ARE THE GOOD ORDINANCES OF THE SEA, WHICH WISE MEN, WHO VOYAGED ROUND THE WORLD, GAVE TO OUR ANCESTORS, AND WHICH CONSTITUTE THE BOOKS OF THE SCIENCE OF GOOD CUSTOMS."
LXXIII.   NIGHT AND DAY GAMBLING IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
LXXIV.   THE MAIN-TOP AT NIGHT.
LXXV.   "SINK, BURN, AND DESTROY."
LXXVI.   THE CHAINS.
LXXVII.   THE HOSPITAL IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
LXXVIII.   DISMAL TIMES IN THE MESS.
LXXIX.   HOW MAN-OF-WAR'S-MEN DIE AT SEA.
LXXX.   THE LAST STITCH.
LXXXI.   HOW THEY BURY A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN AT SEA.
LXXXII.   WHAT REMAINS OF A MAN-OF-WAR'S-MAN AFTER HIS BURIAL AT SEA.
LXXXIII.   A MAN-OF-WAR COLLEGE.
LXXXIV.   MAN-OF-WAR BARBERS.
LXXXV.   THE GREAT MASSACRE OF THE BEARDS.
LXXXVI.   THE REBELS BROUGHT TO THE MAST.
LXXXVII.   OLD USHANT AT THE GANGWAY.
LXXXVIII.   FLOGGING THROUGH THE FLEET.
LXXXIX.   THE SOCIAL STATE IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
XC.   THE MANNING OF NAVIES.
XCI.   SMOKING-CLUB IN A MAN-OF-WAR, WITH SCENES ON THE GUN-DECK DRAWING NEAR HOME.
XCII.   THE LAST OF THE JACKET.
XCIII.   CABLE AND ANCHOR ALL CLEAR.

MOBY-DICK;

or, THE WHALE.

By Herman Melville



CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. Loomings
CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag
CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn
CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane
CHAPTER 5. Breakfast
CHAPTER 6. The Street
CHAPTER 7. The Chapel
CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit
CHAPTER 9. The Sermon
CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend
CHAPTER 11. Nightgown
CHAPTER 12. Biographical
CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow
CHAPTER 14. Nantucket
CHAPTER 15. Chowder
CHAPTER 16. The Ship
CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan
CHAPTER 18. His Mark
CHAPTER 19. The Prophet
CHAPTER 20. All Astir
CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard
CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas
CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore
CHAPTER 24. The Advocate
CHAPTER 25. Postscript
CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires
CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires
CHAPTER 28. Ahab
CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb
CHAPTER 30. The Pipe
CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab
CHAPTER 32. Cetology
CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder
CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table
CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head
CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck
CHAPTER 37. Sunset
CHAPTER 38. Dusk
CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch
CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle
CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick
CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale
CHAPTER 43. Hark!
CHAPTER 44. The Chart
CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit
CHAPTER 46. Surmises
CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker
CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering
CHAPTER 49. The Hyena
CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew.
CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout
CHAPTER 52. The Albatross
CHAPTER 53. The Gam
CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story
CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True Pictures of Whaling Scenes.
CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Stars.
CHAPTER 58. Brit
CHAPTER 59. Squid
CHAPTER 60. The Line
CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale
CHAPTER 62. The Dart
CHAPTER 63. The Crotch
CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper
CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish
CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre
CHAPTER 67. Cutting In
CHAPTER 68. The Blanket
CHAPTER 69. The Funeral
CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx
CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story
CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope
CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk over Him
CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View
CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View
CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram
CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun
CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets
CHAPTER 79. The Prairie
CHAPTER 80. The Nut
CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin
CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.
CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded
CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling
CHAPTER 85. The Fountain
CHAPTER 86. The Tail
CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada
CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters
CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish
CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails
CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud
CHAPTER 92. Ambergris
CHAPTER 93. The Castaway
CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand
CHAPTER 95. The Cassock
CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works
CHAPTER 97. The Lamp
CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up
CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon
CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm
CHAPTER 101. The Decanter
CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides
CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton
CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale
CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?
CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg
CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter
CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter
CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin
CHAPTER 111. The Pacific
CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith
CHAPTER 113. The Forge
CHAPTER 114. The Gilder
CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale
CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch
CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant
CHAPTER 119. The Candles
CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch
CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks
CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning
CHAPTER 123. The Musket
CHAPTER 124. The Needle
CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line
CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy
CHAPTER 127. The Deck
CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel
CHAPTER 129. The Cabin
CHAPTER 130. The Hat
CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight
CHAPTER 132. The Symphony
CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day
CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day
CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day
Epilogue

PIERRE: OR, THE AMBIGUITIES.

By Herman Melville

1852

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK I. PIERRE JUST EMERGING FROM HIS TEENS
BOOK II. LOVE, DELIGHT, AND ALARM
BOOK III. THE PRESENTIMENT AND THE VERIFICATION
BOOK IV. RETROSPECTIVE
BOOK V. MISGIVINGS AND PREPARATIVES
BOOK VI. ISABEL, AND THE FIRST PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL
BOOK VII. INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN PIERRE’S TWO INTERVIEWS WITH ISABEL AT THE FARM-HOUSE
BOOK VIII. THE SECOND INTERVIEW, AND THE SECOND PART OF THE STORY OF ISABEL. THEIR IMMEDIATE IMPULSIVE EFFECT UPON PIERRE
BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM
BOOK X. THE UNPRECEDENTED FINAL RESOLUTION OF PIERRE
BOOK XI. HE CROSSES THE RUBICON
BOOK XII. ISABEL, MRS. GLENDINNING, THE PORTRAIT, AND LUCY
BOOK XIII. THEY DEPART THE MEADOWS
BOOK XIV. THE JOURNEY AND THE PAMPHLET
BOOK XV. THE COUSINS
BOOK XVI. FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE CITY
BOOK XVII. YOUNG AMERICA IN LITERATURE
BOOK XVIII. PIERRE, AS A JUVENILE AUTHOR, RECONSIDERED
BOOK XIX. THE CHURCH OF THE APOSTLES
BOOK XX. CHARLIE MILLTHORPE
BOOK XXI. PIERRE IMMATURELY ATTEMPTS A MATURE BOOK. TIDINGS FROM THE MEADOWS. PLINLIMMON
BOOK XXII. THE FLOWER-CURTAIN LIFTED FROM BEFORE A TROPICAL AUTHOR; WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE TRANSCENDENTAL FLESH-BRUSH PHILOSOPHY
BOOK XXIII. A LETTER FOR PIERRE. ISABEL. ARRIVAL OF LUCY’S EASEL AND TRUNKS AT THE APOSTLES’
BOOK XXIV. LUCY AT THE APOSTLES’
BOOK XXV. LUCY, ISABEL, AND PIERRE. PIERRE AT HIS BOOK. ENCELADUS
BOOK XXVI. A WALK; A FOREIGN PORTRAIT; A SAIL. AND THE END

ISRAEL POTTER

His Fifty Years of Exile

By Herman Melville

1855



CONTENTS

ISRAEL POTTER
CHAPTER I. THE BIRTHPLACE OF ISRAEL.
CHAPTER II. THE YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL.
CHAPTER III. ISRAEL GOES TO THE WARS; AND REACHING BUNKER HILL IN TIME TO BE OF SERVICE THERE, SOON AFTER IS FORCED TO EXTEND HIS TRAVELS ACROSS THE SEA INTO THE ENEMY'S LAND.
CHAPTER IV. FURTHER WANDERINGS OF THE REFUGEE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF A GOOD KNIGHT OF BRENTFORD WHO BEFRIENDED HIM.
CHAPTER V. ISRAEL IN THE LION'S DEN.
CHAPTER VI. ISRAEL MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF CERTAIN SECRET FRIENDS OF AMERICA, ONE OF THEM BEING THE FAMOUS AUTHOR OF THE "DIVERSIONS OF PURLEY," THESE DESPATCH HIM ON A SLY ERRAND ACROSS THE
CHAPTER VII. AFTER A CURIOUS ADVENTURE UPON THE PONT NEUF, ISRAEL ENTERS THE PRESENCE OF THE RENOWNED SAGE, DR. FRANKLIN, WHOM HE FINDS RIGHT LEARNEDLY AND MULTIFARIOUSLY EMPLOYED.
CHAPTER VIII. WHICH HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT DR. FRANKLIN AND THE LATIN QUARTER.
CHAPTER IX. ISRAEL IS INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF LODGING-HOUSES IN THE LATIN QUARTER.
CHAPTER X. ANOTHER ADVENTURER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE.
CHAPTER XI. PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.
CHAPTER XII. RECROSSING THE CHANNEL, ISRAEL RETURNS TO THE SQUIRE'S ABODE—HIS ADVENTURES THERE.
CHAPTER XIII. HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING.
CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
CHAPTER XV. THEY SAIL AS FAR AS THE CRAG OF AILSA.
CHAPTER XVI. THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS, AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN.
CHAPTER XVII. THEY CALL AT THE EARL OF SELKIRK'S, AND AFTERWARDS FIGHT THE SHIP-OF-WAR DRAKE.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPEDITION THAT SAILED FROM GROIX.
CHAPTER XIX. THEY FIGHT THE SERAPIS.
CHAPTER XX. THE SHUTTLE.
CHAPTER XXI. SAMSON AMONG THE PHILISTINES.
CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING FURTHER OF ETHAN ALLEN; WITH ISRAEL'S FLIGHT TOWARDS THE WILDERNESS.
CHAPTER XXIII. ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
CHAPTER XXIV. CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XXV. IN THE CITY OF DIS.
CHAPTER XXVI. FORTY-FIVE YEARS.
CHAPTER XXVII. REQUIESCAT IN PACE.

THE CONFIDENCE-MAN: HIS MASQUERADE

By Herman Melville

1857

CONTENTS

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.
CHAPTER IV. Renewal of old acquaintance.
CHAPTER V. The man with the weed makes it an even question whether he be a great sage
or a great simpleton.
CHAPTER VI. At the outset of which certain passengers prove deaf to the call of charity.
CHAPTER VII. A gentleman with gold sleeve-buttons.
CHAPTER VIII. A charitable lady.
CHAPTER IX. Two business men transact a little business.
CHAPTER X. In the cabin.
CHAPTER XI. Only a page or so.
CHAPTER XII. The story of the unfortunate man, from which may be gathered whether or no
he has been justly so entitled.
CHAPTER XIII. 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 XIV. Worth the consideration of those to whom it may prove worth considering.
CHAPTER XV. An old miser, upon suitable representations, is prevailed upon to venture an
investment.
CHAPTER XVI. A sick man, after some impatience, is induced to become a patient.
CHAPTER XVII. Towards the end of which the Herb-Doctor proves himself a forgiver of injuries.
CHAPTER XVIII. Inquest into the true character of the Herb-Doctor.
CHAPTER XIX. A soldier of fortune.
CHAPTER XX. Reappearance of one who may be remembered.
CHAPTER XXI. A hard case.
CHAPTER XXII. In the polite spirit of the Tusculan disputations.
CHAPTER XXIII. 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 XXIV. A philanthropist undertakes to convert a misanthrope, but does not get beyond
confuting him.
CHAPTER XXV. The Cosmopolitan makes an acquaintance.
CHAPTER XXVI. Containing the metaphysics of Indian-hating, according to the views of one
evidently not so prepossessed as Rousseau in favor of savages.
CHAPTER XXVII. 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 XXVIII. Moot points touching the late Colonel John Moredock.
CHAPTER XXIX. The boon companions.
CHAPTER XXX. Opening with a poetical eulogy of the Press, and continuing with talk inspired
by the same.
CHAPTER XXXI. A metamorphosis more surprising than any in Ovid.
CHAPTER XXXII. Showing that the age of music and magicians is not yet over.
CHAPTER XXXIII. Which may pass for whatever it may prove to be worth.
CHAPTER XXXIV. In which the Cosmopolitan tells the story of the gentleman-madman.
CHAPTER XXXV. In which the Cosmopolitan strikingly evinces the artlessness of his nature.
CHAPTER XXXVI. In which the Cosmopolitan is accosted by a mystic, whereupon ensues pretty much such talk as might be expected.
CHAPTER XXXVII. The mystical master introduces the practical disciple.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. The disciple unbends, and consents to act a social part.
CHAPTER XXXIX. The hypothetical friends.
CHAPTER XL. 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 XLI. Ending with a rupture of the hypothesis.
CHAPTER XLII. Upon the heel of the last scene, the Cosmopolitan enters the barber's shop, a
benediction on his lips.
CHAPTER XLIII. Very charming.
CHAPTER XLIV. 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 XLV. The Cosmopolitan increases in seriousness.

BATTLE-PIECES AND ASPECTS OF THE WAR.

By Herman Melville.

1866

CONTENTS

Misgivings
The Conflict of Convictions
Apathy and Enthusiasm
The March into Virginia
Lyon
Ball's Bluff
Dupont's Round Fight
The Stone Fleet
Donelson
The Cumberland
In the Turret
The Temeraire
A Utilitarian View of the Monitors Fight
Shiloh
The Battle for the Mississipppi
Malvern Hill
The Victor of Antietam
Battle of Stone River
Running the Batteries
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson (ascribed to a Virginian)
Gettysburg
The House-top
Look-out Mountain
Chattanooga
The Armies of the Wilderness
On the Photograph of a Corps Commander
The Swamp Angel
The Battle for the Bay
Sheridan at Cedar Creek
In the Prison Pen
The College Colonel
The Eagle of the Blue
A Dirge for McPherson
At the Cannon's Mouth
The March to the Sea
The Frenzy in the Wake
The Fall of Richmond
The Surrender at Appomattox
A Canticle
The Martyr
"The Coming Storm"
Rebel Color-bearers at Shiloh
The Muster
Aurora-Borealis
The Released Rebel Prisoner
A Grave near Petersburg, Virginia
"Formerly a Slave."
The Apparition
Magnanimity Baffled
On the Slain Collegians
America

Verses Inscriptive and Memorial

On the Home Guards who perished in the Defense of Lexington, Missouri
Inscription for Graves at Pea Ridge, Arkansas
The Fortitude of the North Under the Disaster of the Second Manassas
On the Men of Maine killed in the Victory of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
An Epitaph
Inscription for Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg
The Mound by the Lake
On the Slain at Chickamauga
An uninscribed Monument on one of the Battle-fields of the Wilderness
On Sherman's Men Who fell in the Assault of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
On the Grave of a young Cavalry Officer killed in the Valley of Virginia
A Requiem for Soldiers lost in Ocean Transports
On a natural Monument in a field of Georgia
Commemorative of a Naval Victory
Presentation to the Authorities, by Privates, of Colors captured in Battles ending in the Surrender of Lee
The Returned Volunteer to his Rifle
Lee in the Capitol
A Meditation

JOHN MARR AND OTHER POEMS

By Herman Melville

With An Introductory Note By HENRY CHAPIN

MCMXXII


CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
JOHN MARR AND OTHER SAILORS
BRIDEGROOM DICK
TOM DEADLIGHT
JACK ROY
SEA PIECES
THE HAGLETS
THE AEOLIAN HARP
TO THE MASTER OF THE METEOR
FAR OFF-SHORE
THE MAN-OF-WAR HAWK
THE FIGURE-HEAD
THE GOOD CRAFT SNOW BIRD
OLD COUNSEL
THE TUFT OF KELP
THE MALDIVE SHARK
TO NED
CROSSING THE TROPICS
THE BERG
THE ENVIABLE ISLES
PEBBLES
LINES TRACED UNDER AN IMAGE OF AMOR THREATENING
THE NIGHT MARCH
THE RAVAGED VILLA
THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN
MONODY
LONE FOUNTS
THE BENCH OF BOORS
ART
THE ENTHUSIAST
SHELLEY'S VISION
THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS
THE AGE OF THE ANTONINES
HERBA SANTA
OFF CAPE COLONNA
THE APPARITION
SUPPLEMENT
THE PORTENT
FROM THE CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS
THE MARCH INTO VIRGINIA
BALL'S BLUFF
THE STONE FLEET
THE TEMERAIRE
MALVERN HILL
STONEWALL JACKSON
THE HOUSE-TOP
CHATTANOOGA
ON THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CORPS COMMANDER
THE SWAMP ANGEL
SHERIDAN AT CEDAR CREEK
IN THE PRISON PEN
THE COLLEGE COLONEL
THE MARTYR
REBEL COLOR-BEARERS AT SHILOH
AURORA BOREALIS
THE RELEASED REBEL PRISONER
ON THE SLAIN COLLEGIANS
AMERICA
INSCRIPTION
THE FORTITUDE OF THE NORTH
THE MOUND BY THE LAKE
ON THE SLAIN AT CHICKAMAUGA
AN UNINSCRIBED MONUMENT
ON THE GRAVE OF A YOUNG CAVALRY OFFICER
COMMEMORATIVE OF A NAVAL VICTORY
WE FISH
INVOCATION
DIRGE
MARLENA
PIPE SONG
SONG OF YOOMY
GOLD
THE LAND OF LOVE
DIRGE
EPILOGUE

THE PIAZZA TALES

By Herman Melville

1856



CONTENTS

Contents
THE PIAZZA
BARTLEBY
BENITO CERENO
THE LIGHTNING-ROD MAN
THE ENCANTADAS
THE BELL-TOWER
Notes

THE APPLE-TREE TABLE AND OTHER SKETCHES

By Herman Melville

CONTENTS

THE APPLE-TREE TABLE
HAWTHORNE AND HIS MOSSES
JIMMY ROSE
I AND MY CHIMNEY
THE PARADISE OF BACHELORS AND THE TARTARUS OF MAIDS
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
THE FIDDLER
POOR MAN’S PUDDING AND RICH MAN’S CRUMBS
THE HAPPY FAILURE
THE ’GEES
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