Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand In A Sling 394 The System Of Doctor Takr And Professor Fether . 419 The Literary Life Of Thingum Bob, Esq. . . . 439 How To Write A Blackwood Article . . . 460 Diddling Considered As One Of The Exact Sciences . 497 The Angel Of The Odd ..... 509 OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET Comprising The Details Of A Mutiny And Atrocious Butchery On Board The American Brig Grampus, On Her Way To The South Seas—With An Account Op The Recapture Op The Vessel By The Survivors; Their Shipwreck, And SubseQuent Horrible Supperings From Famine; Their DeLiverance BY MEANS OP THE BRITISH SCHOONER JANE Guy; The Brief Cruise Op This Latter Vessel In The Antarctic Ocean; Her Capture, And The Massacre Of Her Crew Among A Group Op Islands In The 84th Parallel Op Southern Latitude, Together With The Incredible Adventures And Discoveries Still Further South, To Which That Distressing Calamity Gave Rise. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Upon my return to the United States a few months ago, after the extraordinary series of adventures in the South Seas and elsewhere, of which an account is given in the following pages, accident threw me into the society of several gentlemen in Richmond, Va., who felt deep interest in all matters relating to the regions I had visited, and who were constantly urging it upon me, as a duty, to give my narrative to the public. I had several reasons, however, for deVOL. II. B |