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Can Such Things Be

THE TRAVELLERS' LIBRARY CAN SUCH THINGS BE

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THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER

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THE SECRET OF MACARGER'S GULCH

ONE SUMMER NIGHT

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THE MOONLIT ROAD

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1: Statement of Joel Hetman, Jr.

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2: Statement of Caspar Grattan

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3: Statement of the Late Julia Hetman, through the Medium Bayrolles

A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH

ONE OF TWINS A Letter found among the Papers of the late Mortimer Barr

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THE HAUNTED VALLEY

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1: How Trees Are Felled in China

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2: Who Drives Sane Oxen Should Himself be Sane

STALEY FLEMING'S HALLUCINATION

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A RESUMED IDENTITY

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1: The Review as a Form of Welcome

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2: When You have Lost Your Life Consult a Physician

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3: The Danger of Looking into a Pool of Water

THE NIGHT-DOINGS AT 'DEADMAN'S' A Story that is Untrue

BEYOND THE WALL

A PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK

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THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT

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JOHN MORTONSON'S FUNERAL

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THE REALM OF THE UNREAL

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JOHN BARTINE'S WATCH A Story by a Physician

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THE DAMNED THING

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1: One Does Not Always Eat What is on the Table

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2: What may Happen in a Field of Wild Oats

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3: A Man though Naked may be in Rags

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4: An Explanation from the Tomb

HAÏTA THE SHEPHERD

AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA

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CAN SUCH THINGS BE

by

AMBROSE BIERCE

NEW YORK

JONATHAN CAPE AND HARRISON SMITH