Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
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.
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."
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.
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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
