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The collected works of Ambrose Bierce

Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914?)

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VOLUME I ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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VOLUME IV SHAPES OF CLAY

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VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

A COMMUTED SENTENCE

A LIFTED FINGER

MATTER FOR GRATITUDE

THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE

YE FOE TO CATHAYE

SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE

AT A “NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT”

A VISION OF DOOM

RELIGIOUS PROGRESS

THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN

STANFORD'S WELCOME

POSTERITY'S AWARD

THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE

ORNITHANTHROPOS

TO E. S. SALOMON,

FINIS ÆTERNITATIS

AN “EXHIBIT”

THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL

INDICTMENT ON EVIDENCE

AT THE WHITE HOUSE

TIDINGS OF GOOD

A SONG IN PRAISE

A POET'S FATHER

“PHIL” CRIMMINS

BY FALSE PRETENSES

LUCIFER OF THE TORCH

“THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME”

A RAILROAD LACKEY

“DIED OF A ROSE”

A LITERARY HANGMAN

AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR

A CONTROVERSIALIST

THE RETROSPECTIVE BIRD

THE OAKLAND DOG

THE UNFALLEN BRAVE

A CELEBRATED CASE

A VISION OF RESURRECTION

MASTER OF THREE ARTS

A SOCIETY LEADER

EXPOSITOR VERITATIS

A FINGER ON THE LIPS

THREE HIGHWAYMEN

TO “COLONEL” DAN BURNS

GEORGE A. KNIGHT

A POLITICAL VIOLET

THE SUBDUED EDITOR

“BLACK BART, Po8”

A “SCION OF NOBILITY”

THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION

THE CONVICTS' BALL

TO ONE DETESTED

THE BOSS'S CHOICE

A MERCIFUL GOVERNOR

AN INTERPRETATION

AN UNDRESS UNIFORM

THE PERVERTED VILLAGE

A JACK-AT-ALL-VIEWS

TO THE FOOL-KILLER

ONE AND ONE ARE TWO

MONTAGUE LEVERSON

THE WOFUL TALE OF MR. PETERS

TWIN UNWORTHIES

A POLITICAL APOSTATE

A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY

BATS IN SUNSHINE

A WORD TO THE UNWISE

ON THE PLATFORM

A DAMPENED ARDOR

ADAIR WELCKER, POET

TO A WORD-WARRIOR

A CULINARY CANDIDATE

TO ONE ACQUITTED

AT THE OBSERVATORY

THE OLEOMARGARINE MAN

THE GENESIS OF CRIME

LLEWELLYN POWELL

THE “VIDUATE DAME”

A VISION OF CLIMATE

A “MASS” MEETING

A RATIONAL ANTHEM

FAMINE IN PROSPERITY

AN EPIGRAMMATIST

FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD

A MINE FOR REFORMERS

JAMES MONTAGUE, POET

A CHEATING PREACHER

THE AMERICAN PARTY

JUDEX JUDICATUS

ON THE WEDDING OF AN AERONAUT

A HASTY INFERENCE

THE NATIONAL GUARDSMAN

A REAR ELEVATION

IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO

THE NEW DECALOGUE

CENSOR LITERARUM

BORROWED BRAINS

YE FYGHTYNGE SEVENTH

OVER THE BORDER

TO AN INSOLENT ATTORNEY

A PROMISED FAST TRAIN

FROM THE DEATH-COLUMN

THE FARMERS' PRAYER

ONE OF THE SAINTS

A MILITARY INCIDENT

SUBSTANCE OR SHADOW

THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS

THE LEADER OF THE MINORITY

GEORGE C. PERKINS

THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THEFT

DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN

ONE OF THE REDEEMED

A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY

CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES

THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR

THE VAN NESSIAD

A FISH COMMISSIONER

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

THE SHAFTER SHAFTED

TO ONE OUT OF FAVOR

TO ONE IN CUSTODY

FOR A REVISED VERSION

THE MORMON QUESTION

AN ELECTION EXPENSE

WILLIAM F. SMITH

A CREDITABLE COLLISION

CONTEMPT OF COURT

A PARTIAL ECLIPSE

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VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

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CONVERSELY

There's grief in Belgrade, for no crown, it is said,
Is found for King Peter in all of the town.
How sad that he's lacking a crown for his head!
How sweet were he lacking a head for his crown!