LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION INSPECTING AND SPECTATING: MONSTERS, RARITIES, AND INVESTIGATORS CHAPTER ONE REGULATING CURIOSITY The Discipline of Fraud Curiosity as Second Sight CHAPTER TWO CONSUMING CURIOSITY Monstrous Modernity and Curious Art The Curious Eye CHAPTER THREE FROM THE CURIOUS TO THE CURIO The Inquiry of Eve Women as Closeted Curiosities CHAPTER FOUR CONNOISSEURSHIP IN THE MENTAL CABINET Curiosities of Artful Nature Collecting Culture in the Printed Museum CHAPTER FIVE PERFORMING CURIOSITY The Curios Control of Nature Curiosity as Social Reform CONCLUSION TRANSGRESSION AND AMBITION NOTES INDEX.