From the Book - First Edition.
Fast fish. Hawks abroad ; More liberty ; A lion without a crown ; Body and soul ; A conspiracy of lifting and throwing ; Interlude : I never could look at death without a shudder --
A loose fish. A suitable guide to bliss ; The levelling system ; South Sea dreams ; Interlude : black will always have something melancholy in it --
The new extreme. The skin trade ; Falling man ; The crossing ; Diamonds on the soles of their feet ; Interlude : heaven's sense --
Further. Killing seals ; Isolatos ; A terrific sovereignty ; Slavery has grades ; Interlude : a merry repast --
If God wills. Night of power ; The story of the San Juan ; Mohammed's cursed sect ; Interlude : abominable, contemptible Hayti --
Who ain't a slave? Desperation ; Deception ; Retribution ; Conviction ; Interlude : the machinery of civilization --
General average. Lima, or the law of general average ; The lucky one ; Undistributed ; Epilogue : Herman Melville's America.