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The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)
1.
VOLUME I ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY
4.
VOLUME IV SHAPES OF CLAY
THE PASSING SHOW
ELIXIR VITÆ
CONVALESCENT
AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS
GEOTHEOS
POLITICS
THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES
POLYPHEMUS
IN DEFENSE
INVOCATION
RELIGION
TWO SOCIALISTS
A MORNING FANCY
VISIONS OF SIN
GENIUS
THE TOWN OF DÆ
AN ANARCHIST
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE
ARMA VIRUMQUE
ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY
A DEMAND
THE WEATHER-WIGHT
T. A. H.
MY MONUMENT
MAD
FOR COERCION OF COLOMBIA
A TEAGOING ADMIRAL
THE WOOER
SILHOUETTES OF ORIENTALS
LAND OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE
A SINGLE TERMER
A PLAGUE OF ASSES
IN CUBA
FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC
ARTHUR McEWEN
CHARLES AND PETER
CONTEMPLATION
THE GOLDEN AGE
A PROPHET OF PEACE
AN UNREFORMABLE REFORMER
THE WORD-WAY IN PANAMA
THE JACK OF CLUBS
A NAVAL METHOD
ANOTHER ASPIRANT
A LEARNER
TO BRIDGET
AFTER TENNYSON
TO MY BIRD
BUSINESS
A POSSIBILITY
TO A CENSOR
“THE WHOLE WORLD KIN”
A FUTURE CONVERSATION
THE HESITATING VETERAN
A YEAR'S “CASUALTIES”
TO-DAY
AN ALIBI
A MEETING
J. F. B.
THE DYING STATESMAN
THE DEATH OF GRANT
THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED
LAUS LUCIS
NANINE
TECHNOLOGY
A REPLY TO A LETTER
TO OSCAR WILDE
BORN LEADERS OF MEN
THE CRIME OF 1903
FOR EXPULSION
JUDEX JOCOSUS
“GRAFT”
THE TALE OF A CRIME
TO THE BARTHOLDI STATUE
AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS
FROM VIRGINIA TO PARIS
A “MUTE INGLORIOUS MILTON”
THE FREE TRADER'S LAMENT
SUBTERRANEAN PHANTASIES
IN MEMORIAM
THE STATESMEN
BROTHERS
THE CYNIC'S BEQUEST
CORRECTED NEWS
MR. FINK'S DEBATING DONKEY
TO MY LAUNDRESS
FAME
OMNES VANITAS
CONSOLATION
FATE
PHILOSOPHER BIMM
REMINDED
SALVINI IN AMERICA
ANOTHER WAY
ART
TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY
TO A DEBTOR ABROAD
GENESIS
LIBERTY
THE PASSING OF SHEPHERD
TO MAUDE
THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE
THE SCURRIL PRESS
STANLEY
ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX
THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A COIN
AD ABSURDUM
SAITH THE CZAR
THE ROYAL JESTER
A CAREER IN LETTERS
THE FOLLOWING PAIR
POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT
TEMPORA MUTANTUR
A FALSE ALARM
CONTENTMENT
CONSTANCY
THE NEW ENOCH ARDEN
DISAVOWAL
AN AVERAGE
INCURABLE
THE PUN
TO NANINE
VICE VERSA
A BLACKLIST
AUTHORITY
THE PSORIAD
PEACE
THANKSGIVING
L'AUDACE
THE GOD'S VIEW-POINT
THE ÆSTHETES
WITH MINE OWN PETARD
RESTORED
SIRES AND SONS
A CHALLENGE
TWO SHOWS
A POET'S HOPE
THE WOMAN AND THE DEVIL
TWO ROGUES
THE PIED PIPER OF BROOKLYN
NOT GUILTY
PRESENTIMENT
A STUDY IN GRAY
FOR MERIT
A BIT OF SCIENCE
THE TABLES TURNED
TO A DEJECTED POET
THE HUMORIST
MONTEFIORE
DISCRETION
AN EXILE
THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT
TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST
ELECTION DAY
THE MILITIAMAN
A WELCOME
A SERENADE
THE WISE AND GOOD
THE LOST COLONEL
FOR TAT
A DILEMMA
METEMPSYCHOSIS
THE SAINT AND THE MONK
IN HIGH LIFE
A WHIPPER-IN
JUDGMENT
A BUBBLE
FRANCINE
AN EXAMPLE
REVENGE
THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT
IN CONTUMACIAM
FROM THE MINUTES
A WOMAN IN POLITICS
A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE
AN AUGURY
LUSUS POLITICUS
BEREAVEMENT
A PICKBRAIN
THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR
DETECTED
BIMETALISM
TWO METHODS
FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE
AN IMPOSTOR
FRANCE
A GUEST
A FALSE PROPHECY
A SONG OF THE MANY
ONE MORNING
THE KING OF BORES
HISTORY
THE HERMIT
THE YEARLY LIE
AN APOLOGUE
DIAGNOSIS
FALLEN
The Day of Wrath
ONE MOOD'S EXPRESSION
SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS
THE BINNACLE
ONE PRESIDENT
THE BRIDE
THE MAN BORN BLIND
A NIGHTMARE
A WET SEASON
THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS
HÆC FABULA DOCET
AGAIN
HOMO PODUNKENSIS
A SOCIAL CALL
MY DAY OF LIFE
SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS
THE SCRAP HEAP
POESY
HOSPITALITY
MAGNANIMITY
UNDERSTATED
AN ATTORNEY-GENERAL
FINANCIAL NEWS
ASPIRATION
DEMOCRACY
AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER
FORESIGHT
A FAIR DIVISION
A LACKING FACTOR
THE POLITICIAN
ELIHU ROOT
AN ERROR
VANISHED AT COCK-CROW
WOMAN
A PARTISAN'S PROTEST
A BEQUEST TO MUSIC
ONEIROMANCY
JULY FOURTH
A PARADOX
REEDIFIED
A BULLETIN
AN INSCRIPTION
AN ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION
A CONSTRUCTOR
GOD COMPLIES
IN ARTICULO MORTIS
THE DISCOVERERS
UNEXPOUNDED
THE EASTERN QUESTION
TWO TYPES
TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON
COOPERATION
HUMILITY
STRAINED RELATIONS
EXONERATION
AFTER PORTSMOUTH
A VOICE FROM PEKIN
A PIOUS RITE
JUSTICE
AT THE BEACH
AN INFRACTION OF THE RULES
CONVERSELY
A WARNING
PSYCHOGRAPHS
FOR WOUNDS
A LITERARY METHOD
BACK TO NATURE
RUDOLPH BLOCK
BOYCOTT
TO HER
CREATION
REBUKE
PRAYER
THE LONG FEAR
AN INSPIRED PERFORMANCE
SEPULTURE
5.
VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER
7.
VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
6.
VOLUME VI
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The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
A VOICE FROM PEKIN
“‘Empress of China’! I nor rule nor reign:
I wear the purple but to hide the chain—
Free only to hold back the open door
For foreign devils drunk upon my floor.”
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
