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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Ambrose Bierce Author: Ambrose Bierce Editor: David Widger Release Date: February 1, 2019 [EBook #58807] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PG WORKS OF BIERCE *** Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE Compiled by David Widger BIERCE CONTENTS Click on the ## before many of the titles to view a linked table of contents for that volume. Click on the title itself to open the original online file. FANTASTIC FABLES AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK ## THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ## THE PARENTICIDE CLUB ## THE FIEND'S DELIGHT ## A SON OF THE GODS, AND A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY WRITE IT RIGHT ## COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL ## THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE, Vol. I ## THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE, Vol. II A CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFE ## THE DAMNED THING ## THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL, AND OTHER ESSAYS THE LETTERS OF AMBROSE BIERCE THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER ## THE CYNIC'S WORD BOOK CAN SUCH THINGS BE PRESENT AT A HANGING AND OTHERS ## SHAPES OF CLAY ## BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY by Ambrose Bierce CONTENTS AUTHOR'S PREFACE A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z THE PARENTICIDE CLUB By Ambrose Bierce CONTENTS My Favorite Murder Oil of Dog An Imperfect Conflagration The Hypnotist THE FIEND'S DELIGHT By Dod Grile CONTENTS PREFACE. SOME FICTION. The Glad New Year. The Heels of Her. CURRENT JOURNALINGS. MUSINGS, PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL. POESY. A SON OF THE GODS and A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY By Ambrose Bierce CONTENTS The Introduction A SON OF THE GODS A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULL By Dod Grile ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS BY DALZIEL BROTHERS. CONTENTS Fables of Zambri, the Parsee. 1 Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation. 90 DIVERS TALES 1. The Grateful Bear. 101 2. The Setting Sachem. 106 3. Feodora. 107 4. The Legend of Immortal Truth. 111 5. Converting a Prodigal. 115 6. Four Jacks and a Knave. 119 7. Dr. Deadwood, I Presume. 124 8. Nut-Cracking 126 9. The Magician's Little Joke 130 10. Seafaring. 135 11. Tony Rollo's Conclusion. 139 12. No Charge for Attendance. 143 13. Pernicketty's Fright. 148 14. Juniper. 152 15. Following the Sea. 157 16. A Tale of Spanish Vengeance. 162 17. Mrs. Dennison's Head. 167 18. A Fowl Witch. 171 19. The Civil Service in Florida. 176 20. A Tale of the Bosphorus. 179 21. John Smith. 184 22. Sundered Hearts. 187 23. The Early History of Bath. 192 24. The Following Dorg. 196 25. Snaking. 202 26. Maud's Papa. 205 27. Jim Beckwourth's Pond. 209 28. Stringing a Bear. 213 THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE Volume 1 1909 CONTENTS ASHES OF THE BEACON THE LAND BEYOND THE BLOW Thither Sons of the Fair Star An Interview with Gnarmag-Zote The Tamtonians Marooned on Ug The Dog in Gangewag A Conflagration in Ghargaroo An Execution in Batrugia The Jumjum of Gokeetle-Guk The Kingdom of Tortirra Hither FOR THE AHKOOND JOHN SMITH, LIBERATOR BITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY On a Mountain What I Saw of Shiloh A Little of Chickamauga The Crime at Pickett’s Mill Four Days in Dixie What Occurred at Franklin ‘Way Down in Alabam’ Working for an Empress Across the Plains The Mirage A Sole Survivor COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE Vol 2, Soldiers and Civilians 1909 CONTENTS A HORSEMAN IN THE SKY 15 AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE 27 CHICKAMAUGA 46 A SON OF THE GODS 58 ONE OF THE MISSING 71 KILLED AT RESACA 93 THE AFFAIR AT COULTER'S NOTCH 105 THE COUP DE GRÂCE 122 PARKER ADDERSON, PHILOSOPHER 133 AN AFFAIR OF OUTPOSTS 146 THE STORY OF A CONSCIENCE 165 ONE KIND OF OFFICER 178 ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN 197 GEORGE THURSTON 209 THE MOCKING-BIRD 218 CIVILIANS THE MAN OUT OF THE NOSE 233 AN ADVENTURE AT BROWNVILLE 247 THE FAMOUS GILSON BEQUEST 266 THE APPLICANT 281 A WATCHER BY THE DEAD 290 THE MAN AND THE SNAKE 311 A HOLY TERROR 324 THE SUITABLE SURROUNDINGS 350 THE BOARDED WINDOW 364 A LADY FROM RED HORSE 373 THE EYES OF THE PANTHER 385 THE DAMNED THING By Ambrose Bierce CONTENTS I II III IV THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL AND OTHER ESSAYS By Ambrose Bierce 1909 CONTENTS A NOTE BY THE AUTHOR PREFACE THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL I. II. III. IV. V. CIVILIZATION I. II. THE GAME OF POLITICS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW I. II. III. IV. V. ARBITRATION INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT I. II. III. CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES I. II. III. THE DEATH PENALTY I. II. III. RELIGION I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. IMMORTALITY OPPORTUNITY CHARITY EMANCIPATED WOMAN THE OPPOSING SEX THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT A DISSERTATION ON DOGS THE ANCESTRAL BOND THE RIGHT TO WORK THE RIGHT TO TAKE ONESELF OFF THE CYNIC'S WORD BOOK By Ambrose Bierce 1906 CONTENTS PREFACE A B C D E F Q H I J K L SHAPES OF CLAY By Ambrose Bierce 1903 CONTENTS DEDICATION. PREFACE. SHAPES OF CLAY THE PASSING SHOW. ELIXER VITAE. CONVALESCENT. AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS. NOVUM ORGANUM. GEOTHEOS. YORICK. A VISION OF DOOM. POLITICS. POESY. IN DEFENSE. AN INVOCATION. RELIGION. A MORNING FANCY. VISIONS OF SIN. THE TOWN OF DAE. AN ANARCHIST. AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE. ARMA VIRUMQUE. ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY. A DEMAND. THE WEATHER WIGHT. MY MONUMENT. MAD. HOSPITALITY. FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC. RELIGIOUS PROGRESS. MAGNANIMITY. TO HER. TO A SUMMER POET. ARTHUR McEWEN. CHARLES AND PETER. CONTEMPLATION. CREATION. BUSINESS. A POSSIBILITY. TO A CENSOR. VICE VERSA. A BLACK-LIST. A BEQUEST TO MUSIC. AUTHORITY. THE PSORIAD. ONEIROMANCY. PEACE. THANKSGIVING. THE GOD'S VIEW-POINT. THE AESTHETES. JULY FOURTH. WITH MINE OWN PETARD. CONSTANCY. SIRES AND SONS. A CHALLENGE. TWO SHOWS. A POET'S HOPE. THE WOMAN AND THE DEVIL. TWO ROGUES. BEECHER. NOT GUILTY. PRESENTIMENT. A STUDY IN GRAY. A PARADOX. FOR MERIT. A BIT OF SCIENCE. THE TABLES TURNED. TO A DEJECTED POET. A FOOL. THE HUMORIST. MONTEFIORE. A WARNING. DISCRETION. AN EXILE. THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT. PSYCHOGRAPHS. TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST. FOR WOUNDS. ELECTION DAY. THE HESITATING VETERAN. A YEAR'S CASUALTIES. INSPIRATION. TO-DAY. AN ALIBI. REBUKE. THE DYING STATESMAN. THE DEATH OF GRANT. THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED. LAUS LUCIS. NANINE. TECHNOLOGY. A REPLY TO A LETTER. TO OSCAR WILDE. PRAYER. A "BORN LEADER OF MEN." TO THE BARTHOLDI STATUE. AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS. BY A DEFEATED LITIGANT. AN EPITAPH. THE POLITICIAN. AN INSCRIPTION FROM VIRGINIA TO PARIS. A "MUTE INGLORIOUS MILTON." THE FREE TRADER'S LAMENT. SUBTERRANEAN PHANTASIES. IN MEMORIAM THE STATESMEN. THE BROTHERS. THE CYNIC'S BEQUEST CORRECTED NEWS. AN EXPLANATION. JUSTICE. MR. FINK'S DEBATING DONKEY. TO MY LAUNDRESS. FAME. OMNES VANITAS. ASPIRATION. DEMOCRACY. THE NEW "ULALUME." THE MILITIAMAN. A WELCOME. A SERENADE. THE WISE AND GOOD. THE LOST COLONEL. FOR TAT. A DILEMMA. METEMPSYCHOSIS. THE SAINT AND THE MONK. THE OPPOSING SEX. A WHIPPER-IN. JUDGMENT. THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN. IN HIGH LIFE. A BUBBLE. A RENDEZVOUS. FRANCINE. AN EXAMPLE. REVENGE. THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT. IN CONTUMACIAM. RE-EDIFIED. A BULLETIN. FROM THE MINUTES. WOMAN IN POLITICS. TO AN ASPIRANT. A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE. A BUILDER. AN AUGURY. LUSUS POLITICUS. BEREAVEMENT. AN INSCRIPTION A PICKBRAIN. CONVALESCENT. THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR. DETECTED. BIMETALISM. THE RICH TESTATOR. TWO METHODS. FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE CONSOLATION. FATE. PHILOSOPHER BIMM. REMINDED. SALVINI IN AMERICA. ANOTHER WAY. ART. AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER. TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY. THE DEBTOR ABROAD. FORESIGHT. A FAIR DIVISION. GENESIS. LIBERTY. THE PASSING OF "BOSS" SHEPHERD. TO MAUDE. THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE. STONEMAN IN HEAVEN. THE SCURRIL PRESS. ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX. THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A COIN. A LACKING FACTOR. THE ROYAL JESTER. A CAREER IN LETTERS. THE FOLLOWING PAIR. POLITICAL ECONOMY. VANISHED AT COCK-CROW. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN. INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT. TEMPORA MUTANTUR. CONTENTMENT. THE NEW ENOCH. DISAVOWAL. AN AVERAGE. WOMAN. INCURABLE. THE PUN. A PARTISAN'S PROTEST. TO NANINE. AN IMPOSTER. UNEXPOUNDED. FRANCE. THE EASTERN QUESTION. A GUEST. A FALSE PROPHECY. TWO TYPES. SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS. A HYMN OF THE MANY. ONE MORNING. AN ERROR. AT THE "NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT." THE KING OF BORES. HISTORY. THE HERMIT. TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON. THE YEARLY LIE. COOPERATION. AN APOLOGUE. DIAGNOSIS. FALLEN. DIES IRAE. ONE MOOD'S EXPRESSION. SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS. IN THE BINNACLE. HUMILITY. ONE PRESIDENT. THE BRIDE. STRAINED RELATIONS. THE MAN BORN BLIND. A NIGHTMARE. A WET SEASON. THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS. HAEC FABULA DOCET. EXONERATION. AZRAEL. AGAIN. HOMO PODUNKENSIS. A SOCIAL CALL. BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER By Ambrose Bierce 1892 CONTENTS IN EXPLANATION THE KEY NOTE CAIN AN OBITUARIAN A COMMUTED SENTENCE A LIFTED FINGER TWO STATESMEN MATTER FOR GRATITUDE THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE A MAN SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE SURPRISED POSTERITY'S AWARD AN ART CRITIC THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE ORNITHANTHROPOS TO E.S. SALOMON DENNIS KEARNEY FINIS FTERNITATIS THE VETERAN AN "EXHIBIT" THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL AN ACTOR FAMINE'S REALM THE MACKAIAD A SONG IN PRAISE A POET'S FATHER A COWARD A CULINARY CANDIDATE THE OLEOMARGARINE MAN GENESIS LLEWELLEN POWELL THE SUNSET GUN. THE "VIDUATE DAME" FOUR OF A KIND RECONCILIATION A VISION OF CLIMATE A "MASS" MEETING FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD FOR MAYOR A CHEATING PREACHER A CROCODILE THE AMERICAN PARTY UNCOLONELED THE GATES AJAR TIDINGS OF GOOD ARBORICULTURE A SILURIAN HOLIDAY REJECTED JUDEX JUDICATUS ON THE WEDDING OF AN AKRONAUT A HASTY INFERENCE A VOLUPTUARY AD CATTONUM THE NATIONAL GUARDSMAN TO MY LIARS 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 LEGATEE 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 TO "COLONEL" DAN. BURNS GEORGE A. KNIGHT UNARMED A POLITICAL VIOLET THE SUBDUED EDITOR A "SCION OF NOBILITY" THE NIGHT OF ELECTION THE CONVICTS' BALL A PRAYER TO ONE DETESTED THE BOSS'S CHOICE A MERCIFUL GOVERNOR AN INTERPRETATION A SOARING TOAD AN UNDRESS UNIFORM THE BARKING WEASEL A REAR ELEVATION IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO NIMROD CENSOR LITERARUM BORROWED BRAINS THE FYGHTYNGE SEVENTH INDICTED OVER THE BORDER ONE JUDGE TO AN INSOLENT ATTORNEY ACCEPTED A PROMISED FAST TRAIN ONE OF THE SAINTS A MILITARY INCIDENT SUBSTANCE VERSUS SHADOW THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS CALIFORNIA DE YOUNG—A PROPHECY 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 CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES SLANDER JAMES L. FLOOD FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR A GROWLER AD MOODIUM AN EPITAPH A SPADE THE VAN NESSIAD 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 ANOTHER PLAN A POLITICAL APOSTATE TINKER DICK BATS IN SUNSHINE A WORD TO THE UNWISE ON THE PLATFORM A DAMPENED ARDOR ADAIR WELCKER, POET TO A WORD-WARRIOR 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 THE SHAFTER SHAFTED THE MUMMERY THE TWO CAVEES METEMPSYCHOSIS SLICKENS ASPIRANTS THREE THE BIRTH OF THE RAIL A BAD NIGHT ON STONE A WREATH OF IMMORTELLES End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Ambrose Bierce, by Ambrose Bierce *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PG WORKS OF BIERCE *** ***** This file should be named 58807-h.htm or 58807-h.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/8/8/0/58807/ Produced by David Widger Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. 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