Chapter I: The Monopolist 1

II. THE FALSE HUMOURIST 18
III. THE FLATTERER 22
IV. THE BRAWLER 35
V. THE MISCHIEF-MAKER 38
VI. THE PLEONAST 55
VII. THE SELF-DISPARAGER 62
VIII. THE COMMON SWEARER 71
IX. THE AFFECTED 85
X. THE STULTILOQUIST 94
XI. THE SLANDERER 101
XII. THE VALETUDINARIAN 111
XIII. THE WHISPERER 119
XIV. THE HYPERBOLIST 124
XV. THE INQUISITIVE 133
XVI. THE PEDANT 142
XVII. THE DETRACTOR 154
XVIII. THE GRUMBLER 164
XIX. THE EGOTIST 174
XX. THE TALE-BEARER 189
XXI. THE ASSENTER 203
XXII. THE LIAR 208
XXIII. THE CENSORIOUS 227
XXIV. THE DOGMATIST 236
XXV. THE ALTILOQUENT 244
XXVI. THE DOUBLE-TONGUED 253
XXVII. THE DUBIOUS 262
XXVIII. THE SUSPICIOUS 266
XXIX. THE POETIC 273
XXX. "YES" AND "NO" 279
XXXI. A GROUP OF TALKERS 286

1. The Misanthrope, p. 286.--2. The Story-Teller, p. 287.--3. The
Careless, p. 290.--4. The Equivocator, p. 292.--5. The
Absent-Minded, p. 294.--6. The Bustling, p. 296.--7. The
Contradictory, p. 298.--8. The Technicalist, p. 300.--9. The
Liliputian, p. 301.--10. The Envious, p. 302.--11. The
Secret-Teller, p. 302.--12. The Snubber, p. 303.--13. The
Argumentative, p. 306.--14. The Religious, p. 310.--15. The
Prejudiced, p. 312.--16. The Boaster, p. 314.--17. The
Quarrelsome, p. 316.--18. The Profound, p. 317.--19. The
Wonderer, p. 320.--20. The Termagant, p. 325.