# Herman Melville

Author: Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

Genre: Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78016

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Herman+Melville+Mumford&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Your zodiac here is the life of man in one round chapter; and now I’ll read it off, straight out of the book. Come, Almanack! To begin: there’s Aries, or the Ram--lecherous dog, he begets us; then Taurus, or the Bull--he bumps us the first thing; then Gemini, or the Twins--that is Virtue and Vice; we try to reach Virtue when lo! comes Cancer the Crab and drags us back; and here, going from Virtue, Leo, a roaring lion, lies in the path--he gives a few fierce bites and surly dabs with his paw; we escape and hail Virgo, the Virgin; that’s our first love; we marry and think to be happy for aye, when pop comes Libra or the Scales--happiness weighed and found wanting! and while we are very sad...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER TWELVE: THE FLOWERING ALOE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SEVEN: MOBY-DICK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TEN: TROUBLED FOOTSTEPS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER NINE: TIMONISM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ONE: BITTER MORNING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER EIGHT: AMOR, THREATENING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWO: SEA-DRIFT](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER SIX: RED CLOVER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER THREE: TROPICAL SUMMER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FOUR: AZZAGEDDI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/5/index.md)
- [did. At his lowest stage of strength and confidence, he could not](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part IV, the fact that the poem is all of a piece, and the testimony](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER ELEVEN: ALARUMS AND RETREATS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER TWELVE: THE FLOWERING ALOE 326](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER FIVE: THE TARTARUS OF AUTHORS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/herman-melville-78016/chapters/6/index.md)