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- # THE APPLE-TREE TABLE, OR ORIGINAL SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS
## Overview
This segment of text, titled "THE APPLE-TREE TABLE, OR ORIGINAL SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS," is an extracted portion from the larger work [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG8AJ7CG8SS24T79X9YN19QH). It spans lines 133-135 of its source file and was originally published in *Putnam’s Monthly Magazine* in May 1856.
## Context
This segment is part of [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG8AJ7CG8SS24T79X9YN19QH), a literary work contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the digital file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG89J1FFTGRE9J93Z3K29NGY). It follows the segment titled [I AND MY CHIMNEY](arke:01KG8AJSVJVPN8Z028RDM538ZT) and precedes the segment titled [UNDER THE ROSE](arke:01KG8AJSVJDB15PSTT93DYRYFE) within the same larger work.
## Contents
The segment contains the title "THE APPLE-TREE TABLE, OR ORIGINAL SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS," along with its publication details: "_Putnam’s Monthly Magazine_, May 1856" and a page number "312." This indicates its nature as a short story or essay by Herman Melville, focusing on themes related to spiritualism, a popular subject during the mid-19th century.
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- THE APPLE-TREE TABLE, OR ORIGINAL SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS:
_Putnam’s Monthly Magazine_, May 1856 312
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- THE APPLE-TREE TABLE, OR ORIGINAL SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS