INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
AMBROSE BIERCE
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
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| 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 |