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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

THE PASSING SHOW

AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS

THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES

A MORNING FANCY

THE TOWN OF DÆ

AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE

ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY

THE WEATHER-WIGHT

FOR COERCION OF COLOMBIA

A TEAGOING ADMIRAL

SILHOUETTES OF ORIENTALS

LAND OF THE PILGRIMS' PRIDE

A SINGLE TERMER

A PLAGUE OF ASSES

FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC

CHARLES AND PETER

A PROPHET OF PEACE

AN UNREFORMABLE REFORMER

THE WORD-WAY IN PANAMA

THE JACK OF CLUBS

ANOTHER ASPIRANT

“THE WHOLE WORLD KIN”

A FUTURE CONVERSATION

THE HESITATING VETERAN

A YEAR'S “CASUALTIES”

THE DYING STATESMAN

THE DEATH OF GRANT

THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED

A REPLY TO A LETTER

BORN LEADERS OF MEN

THE CRIME OF 1903

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

THE CYNIC'S BEQUEST

MR. FINK'S DEBATING DONKEY

TO MY LAUNDRESS

PHILOSOPHER BIMM

SALVINI IN AMERICA

TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY

TO A DEBTOR ABROAD

THE PASSING OF SHEPHERD

THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE

THE SCURRIL PRESS

ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX

THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A COIN

THE ROYAL JESTER

A CAREER IN LETTERS

THE FOLLOWING PAIR

POLITICAL ECONOMY

THE UNPARDONABLE SIN

INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT

TEMPORA MUTANTUR

THE NEW ENOCH ARDEN

THE GOD'S VIEW-POINT

WITH MINE OWN PETARD

THE WOMAN AND THE DEVIL

THE PIED PIPER OF BROOKLYN

A STUDY IN GRAY

A BIT OF SCIENCE

THE TABLES TURNED

TO A DEJECTED POET

THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT

TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST

THE WISE AND GOOD

THE LOST COLONEL

THE SAINT AND THE MONK

THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT

FROM THE MINUTES

A WOMAN IN POLITICS

A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE

LUSUS POLITICUS

THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR

FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE

A FALSE PROPHECY

A SONG OF THE MANY

THE KING OF BORES

The Day of Wrath

ONE MOOD'S EXPRESSION

SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS

THE MAN BORN BLIND

THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS

HÆC FABULA DOCET

HOMO PODUNKENSIS

SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS

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VOLUME V BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER

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VOLUME VII THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

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THE LEADER OF THE MINORITY

He tolls them along through the wilderness dire,
Ever in sight—
A clod by day and a pillar of fire-
Water by night.