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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
5.
VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER
AVALON
CAIN
ONE JUDGE
AN OBITUARIAN
A COMMUTED SENTENCE
A LIFTED FINGER
TWO DELEGATES
MATTER FOR GRATITUDE
THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE
A MAN
YE FOE TO CATHAYE
SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE
AT A “NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT”
THEOSOPHISTRY
AZRAEL
COMPETITION
A VISION OF DOOM
GENESIS
RELIGIOUS PROGRESS
THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN
A RENDEZVOUS
YORICK
STANFORD'S WELCOME
POSTERITY'S AWARD
AN ART CRITIC
THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE
ORNITHANTHROPOS
TO E. S. SALOMON,
DENNIS KEARNEY
FINIS ÆTERNITATIS
THE VETERAN
AN “EXHIBIT”
THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL
INDICTMENT ON EVIDENCE
TO AN ASPIRANT
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
TIDINGS OF GOOD
AN ACTOR
FAMINE'S REALM
THE MACKAIAD
A SONG IN PRAISE
A POET'S FATHER
A COWARD
TO MY LIARS
“PHIL” CRIMMINS
ON THE SCALES
CODEX HONORIS
TO W. H. L. B.
EMANCIPATION
JOHNDONKEY
HELL
BY FALSE PRETENSES
LUCIFER OF THE TORCH
“THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME”
A RAILROAD LACKEY
THE LEGATEEE
“DIED OF A ROSE”
A LITERARY HANGMAN
AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR
A CONTROVERSIALIST
MENDAX
THE RETROSPECTIVE BIRD
THE OAKLAND DOG
THE UNFALLEN BRAVE
A CELEBRATED CASE
COUPLETS
A RETORT
A VISION OF RESURRECTION
MASTER OF THREE ARTS
THERSITES
A SOCIETY LEADER
EXPOSITOR VERITATIS
THE TROUBADOUR
A FINGER ON THE LIPS
THREE HIGHWAYMEN
TO “COLONEL” DAN BURNS
GEORGE A. KNIGHT
UNARMED
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
A SOARING TOAD
AN UNDRESS UNIFORM
THE PERVERTED VILLAGE
MR. SHEETS
A JACK-AT-ALL-VIEWS
MY LORD POET
TO THE FOOL-KILLER
ONE AND ONE ARE TWO
MONTAGUE LEVERSON
THE WOFUL TALE OF MR. PETERS
TWIN UNWORTHIES
ART
A WAR CRY
IN DISSUASION
A PREDICTION
ANOTHER PLAN
A POLITICAL APOSTATE
TINKER DICK
A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY
WITH A BOOK
A COMPETITOR
GENEROSITY
BATS IN SUNSHINE
A WORD TO THE UNWISE
ON THE PLATFORM
JUDGE NOT
DESPERATION
TO DOG
TO A GRABBER
MEMORIAL DAY
A DAMPENED ARDOR
ADAIR WELCKER, POET
TO A WORD-WARRIOR
A CULINARY CANDIDATE
TO ONE ACQUITTED
CONTENT
AT THE OBSERVATORY
THE OLEOMARGARINE MAN
THE GENESIS OF CRIME
LLEWELLYN POWELL
THE SUNSET GUN
THE “VIDUATE DAME”
FOUR OF A KIND
RECONCILIATION
A VISION OF CLIMATE
A “MASS” MEETING
THE NEW DENNIS
A RATIONAL ANTHEM
INCIVISM
FAMINE IN PROSPERITY
AN EPIGRAMMATIST
FIG LEAF
FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD
FOR MAYOR
A MINE FOR REFORMERS
IN PICKLE
JAMES MONTAGUE, POET
A CHEATING PREACHER
A CROCODILE
THE AMERICAN PARTY
UNCOLONELED
THE GATES AJAR
TO A BULLY
A LAND FIGHT
COMPLIANCE
ARBORICULTURE
A HOLIDAY
REJECTED
JUDEX JUDICATUS
ON THE WEDDING OF AN AERONAUT
A HASTY INFERENCE
A VOLUPTUARY
AD CATTONUM
THE NATIONAL GUARDSMAN
A REAR ELEVATION
IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO
NIMROD
THE NEW DECALOGUE
ULTRA CREPIDAM
CENSOR LITERARUM
BORROWED BRAINS
YE FYGHTYNGE SEVENTH
INDICTED
OVER THE BORDER
TO AN INSOLENT ATTORNEY
ACCEPTED
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
A PLAYWRIGHT
THE LEADER OF THE MINORITY
CALIFORNIA
GEORGE C. PERKINS
TO EITHER
DISAPPOINTMENT
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THEFT
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN
THE LAST MAN
ARBOR DAY
THE PIUTE
FAME
ONE OF THE REDEEMED
A CRITIC
A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY
FLEET STROTHER
RECIPROCITY
CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES
SLANDER
JAMES L. FLOOD
THREE CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR
A GROWLER
AD MOODIUM
A SPADE
THE VAN NESSIAD
VALEDICTORY
A FISH COMMISSIONER
TO A STRAY DOG
IN HIS HAND
A DEMAGOGUE
IGNIS FATUUS
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
AN IDLER
THE DEAD KING
A PATTER SONG
A CALLER
THE SHAFTER SHAFTED
TO ONE OUT OF FAVOR
PRIVATION
TO ONE IN CUSTODY
FOR A REVISED VERSION
THE MORMON QUESTION
AN ELECTION EXPENSE
WILLIAM F. SMITH
JUVENTUS MUNDI
TWO GUIDES
IN WARNING
APPARITION
A CREDITABLE COLLISION
AN EMIGRANT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
A PARTIAL ECLIPSE
THE MUMMERY
ON STONE
7.
VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
6.
VOLUME VI
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RECONCILIATION
Stanford and Huntington, so long at outs,
Kissed and made up. If you have any doubts
Dismiss them, for I saw them do it, man;
And then—why, then I clutched my purse and ran.
The collected works of Ambrose Bierce
