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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce
Volume 1
1909
Contents
Ashes of the Beacon
An Historical Monograph Written in 4930
The Land Beyond the Blow
(After the method of Swift, who followed Lucian, and was himself followed by Voltaire and many others.)
Thither
Sons of the Fair Star
An Interview with Gnarmag-Zote
The Tamtonians
Marooned On Ug
The Dog in Ganegwag
A Conflagration in Ghargaroo
An Execution In Batrugia
The Jumjum Of Gokeetle-Guk
The Kingdom of Tortirra
Hither
For the Ahkoond
John Smith, Liberator
(From a Newspaper of the Far Future)
Bits Of Autobiography
On a Mountain
What I Saw of Shiloh
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
A Little of Chickamauga
The Crime at Pickett’s Mill
Four Days in Dixie
What Occurred at Franklin
‘Way Down in Alabam’
Working for an Empress
Across the Plains
The Mirage
A Sole Survivor
THE SONG
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
CONTENTS
CIVILIANS
SOLDIERS
A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY
AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
CHICKAMAUGA
A SON OF THE GODS
ONE OF THE MISSING
KILLED AT RESACA
THE AFFAIR AT COULTER'S NOTCH
THE COUP DE GRÂCE
PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER
AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS
THE STORY OF A CONSCIENCE
ONE KIND OF OFFICER
ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN
GEORGE THURSTON
THE MOCKING-BIRD
CIVILIANS
THE MAN OUT OF THE NOSE
AN ADVENTURE AT BROWNVILLE1
THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST
THE APPLICANT
A WATCHER BY THE DEAD
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE
A HOLY TERROR
THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS
THE BOARDED WINDOW
A LADY FROM REDHORSE
THE EYES OF THE PANTHER
VOLUME VIII
NEGLIGIBLE TALES
ON WITH THE DANCE
EPIGRAMS NEW YORK GORDIAN PRESS, INC. 1966
Originally Published 1911 Reprinted 1966
Published by GORDIAN PRESS, INC.
Library of Congress Card Catalog No 66-14638
Printed in the U.S.A. by EDWARD BROTHERS INC. Ann Arbor, Michigan
CONTENTS
NEGLIGIBLE TALES
A BOTTOMLESS GRAVE
JUPITER DOKE, BRIGADIER-GENERAL
THE WIDOWER TURMORE
THE CITY OF THE GONE AWAY
THE MAJOR'S TALE
CURRIED COW
A REVOLT OF THE GODS
THE BAPTISM OF DOBSHO
THE RACE AT LEFT BOWER
THE FAILURE OF HOPE & WANDEL
PERRY CHUMLY'S ECLIPSE
A PROVIDENTIAL INTIMATION
MR. SWIDDLER'S FLIP-FLAP
THE LITTLE STORY
THE PARENTICIDE CLUB
MY FAVORITE MURDER
OIL OF DOG
AN IMPERFECT CONFLAGRATION
THE HYPNOTIST
THE FOURTH ESTATE
MR. MASTHEAD, JOURNALIST
WHY I AM NOT EDITING "THE STINGER"
CORRUPTING THE PRESS
"THE BUBBLE REPUTATION"
HOW ANOTHER MAN'S WAS SOUGHT AND PRICKED
THE OCEAN WAVE
A SHIPWRECKOLLECTION
THE CAPTAIN OF "THE CAMEL"
THE MAN OVERBOARD
I
II
A CARGO OF CAT
"ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW I
THE PRUDE IN LETTERS AND LIFE
II
THE BEATING OF THE BLOOD
III
THERE ARE CORNS IN EGYPT
IV
A REEF IN THE GABARDINE
V
ENTER A TROUPE OF ANCIENTS, DANCING
VI
CAIRO REVISITED
VII
JAPAN WEAR AND BOMBAY DUCKS
VIII
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CRUCIBLE
IX
COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE
X
THEY ALL DANCE
XI
LUST, QUOTH'A!
XII
OUR GRANDMOTHERS' LEGS
EPIGRAMS
A Cynic Looks at Life Ambrose Bierce
HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY GIRARD, KANSAS
A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE
CIVILIZATION
I
II
III
THE GIFT O' GAB
NATURA BENIGNA
THE DEATH PENALTY
I
II
III
IV
V
IMMORTALITY
EMANCIPATED WOMAN
A MAD WORLD
EPIGRAMS OF A CYNIC
THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL AND OTHER ESSAYS By Ambrose Bierce Edited by S. O. HOWES
Copyright 1909
A NOTE BY THE AUTHOR
PREFACE
THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
CIVILIZATION
I.
II.
THE GAME OF POLITICS
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX
SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
ARBITRATION
INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT
I.
II.
III.
CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES
I.
II.
III.
THE DEATH PENALTY
I.
II.
III.
RELIGION
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
IMMORTALITY
OPPORTUNITY
CHARITY
EMANCIPATED WOMAN
THE OPPOSING SEX
THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT
A DISSERTATION ON DOGS
THE ANCESTRAL BOND
THE RIGHT TO WORK
THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF
THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER By Adolphe Danziger De Castro and Ambrose Bierce
1911
THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER
THE DAMNED THING
