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Table of Contents
- THE HISTORY OF THE HEN FEVER.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- THE HISTORY OF THE HEN FEVER.
- CHAPTER I. PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE.
- CHAPTER II. THE "COCHIN-CHINAS." BUBBLE NUMBER ONE.
- CHAPTER III. THE FIRST FOWL-SHOW IN BOSTON.
- CHAPTER IV. HOW "POULTRY-BOOKS" ARE MADE.
- CHAPTER V. THREATENING INDICATIONS.
- CHAPTER VI. THE EPIDEMIC SPREADING.
- CHAPTER VII. ALARMING DEMONSTRATIONS.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE FEVER WORKING.
- CHAPTER IX. THE SECOND POULTRY-SHOW IN BOSTON.
- CHAPTER X. THE MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY'S SECOND SHOW.
- CHAPTER XI. PROGRESS OF THE MALADY.
- CHAPTER XII. MY CORRESPONDENCE.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION.
- CHAPTER XIV. "BOTHER'EM POOTRUMS." BUBBLE NUMBER TWO.
- CHAPTER XV. ADVERTISING EXTRAORDINARY.
- CHAPTER XVI. HEIGHT OF THE FEVER.
- CHAPTER XVII. RUNNING IT INTO THE GROUND.
- CHAPTER XVIII. ONE OF THE FINAL KICKS.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE FOURTH FOWL-SHOW IN BOSTON.
- CHAPTER XX. PRESENT TO QUEEN VICTORIA.
- CHAPTER XXI. EXPERIMENTS OF AMATEURS.
- CHAPTER XXII. TRUE HISTORY OF "FANNY FERN."
- CHAPTER XXIII. CONVALESCENCE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESS.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE GREAT PAGODA HEN.
- CHAPTER XXVI. "POLICY THE BEST HONESTY."
- CHAPTER XXVII. A GENUINE HUMBUG.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. BARNUM IN THE FIELD.
- CHAPTER XXIX. FIRST "NATIONAL" POULTRY-SHOW IN NEW YORK.
- CHAPTER XXX. BARNUM'S INNATE DIFFIDENCE.
- CHAPTER XXXI. A SUPPRESSED SPEECH.
- CHAPTER XXXII. A "CONFIDENCE" MAN.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ESSENCE OF HUMBUG.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. A TRUMP CARD.
- CHAPTER XXXV. "HOLD YOUR HORSES."
- CHAPTER XXXVI. TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. FINAL DEATH-THROES.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PORTE-MONNAIE I OWE 'EM COMPANY.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. A SATISFACTORY PEDIGREE.
- CHAPTER XL. "DOING THE GENTEEL THING."
- CHAPTER XLI. THE FATE OF THE "MODEL" SHANGHAES.
- CHAPTER XLII. AN EMPHATIC CLINCHER.
- CHAPTER XLIII. "STAND FROM UNDER!"
- CHAPTER XLIV. BURSTING OF THE BUBBLE.
- CHAPTER XLV. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED.
- CHAPTER XLVI. A MOURNFUL PROCESSION.
- Order of March.
- Order of March.
- CHAPTER XLVII. MY SHANGHAE DINNER.
- Footnotes
- LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY JAMES FRENCH & CO., 78 Washington Street, Boston.
- Transcriber's Note
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