Mathews, Cornelius, 1817-1889 [1845], Big Abel and the little Manhattan (Wiley & Putnam, New York) [word count] [eaf266].

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Big Abel and the Little Manhattan . . .

Front Matter Front matter Covers, Edges and Spine Advertisement TALES AND WORKS OF FICTION IMPORTED AND FOR SALE BY WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY. Halftitle Preliminaries Title Page Acknowledgment Dedication Preliminaries CONTENTS. Main text CHAPTER I. The Ghost of New York. CHAPTER II. Big Abel and the Little Manhattan come to terms; and get a Night-View of the City. CHAPTER III. How it goes the First Day: with the City Waking up. CHAPTER IV. The City Head-Foremost in Business; and the Second Day's Work. CHAPTER V. It strikes Three; and the City takes his Comfort. CHAPTER VI. The City at his Crimes; the Little Manhattan and Big Abel still busy. CHAPTER VII. The Fifth Day of it; and the City disporting himself in a very Low Way. CHAPTER VIII. Big Abel and the Little Manhattan busy as ever: the City in his Working Jacket. CHAPTER IX. They are in the Seventh Day; and where the City finds his Children. CHAPTER X. It all winds up with an Entertainment: a Bird's-Eye View of the Whole, and where the City's Moving to. Back matter Back matter CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHILLER AND GOETHE. DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION. THE POETICAL FORTUNE-TELLER. THE AMERICAN HOUSE CARPENTER. NEW WORK ON THE EAST. THE AMBER WITCH. FOUQUE'S GERMAN TALES. HUMAN MAGNETISM. Advertisement