I.

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 as 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 wi