The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce

BookThe Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce
Introduction byClifton Fadiman
PublisherCitadel Press
Copyright HolderCitadel Press
Manufacturing byVail-Ballou Press, Inc.
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York, NY
Copyright1946
This Impression1952
Pages / Font810 pages
ChaptersAmbrose Bierce: Portrait of a Misanthrope, by Clifton Fadiman IN THE MIDST OF LIFE (TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS) ...Soldiers 3 • A Horseman in the Sky 9 • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 18 • Chickamauga 24 • A Son of the Gods 30 • One of the Missing 40 • Killed at Resaca 46 • The Affair at Coulter's Notch 54 • The Coup de Grâce 59 • Parker Adderson, Philosopher 65 • An Affair of Outposts 74 • The Story of a Conscience 80 • One Kind of Officer 89 • One Officer, One Man 95 • George Thurston 99 • The Mocking-Bird ...Civiilians 105 • The Man Out of the Nose 112 • An Adventure at Brownville 121 • The Famous Gilson Bequest 128 • The Applicant 132 • A Watcher by the Dead 142 • The Man and the Snake 148 • A Holy Terror 161 • The Suitable Surroundings 168 • The Boarded Window 172 • A Lady from Redhorse 178 • The Eyes of the Panther THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY 178 • The Devil's Dictionary CAN SUCH THINGS BE? 395 • The Death of Halpin Frayser 409 • The Secret of Macarger's Gulch 416 • One Summer Night 417 • The Moonlit Road 426 • A Diagnosis of Death 429 • Moxon's Master 438 • A Tough Tussle 445 • One of Twins 451 • The Haunted Valley 461 • A Jug of Sirup 467 • Staley Fleming's Hallucination 569 • A Resumed Identity 475 • A Baby Tramp 479 • The Night-Doings at "Deadman's" 486 • Beyond the Wall 494 • A Psychological Shipwreck 498 • The Middle Toe of the Right Foot 506 • John Mortonson's Funeral 507 • The Realm of the Unreal 514 • John Bartine's Watch 519 • The Damned Thing 527 • Haïta the Shepherd 532 • An Inhabitant of Carcosa 536 • The Stranger FANTASTIC FABLES 543 • Fantastic Fables 632 • Fables From "Fun" 537 • Æsopus Emendatus 649 • Old Saws with New Teeth 654 • Fables in Rhyme THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER 661 • The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter THE PARENTICIDE CLUB 727 • A Bottomless Grave 733 • Jupiter Doke, Brigadier-General 742 • The Widower Turmore 747 • The City of the Gone Away 752 • The Major's Tale 759 • Curried Cow 765 • A Revolt of the Gods 767 • The Baptism of Dobsho 772 • The Race at Left Bower 774 • The Failure of Hope & Wandel 777 • Perry Chumley's Eclipse 780 • A Providential Intimation 784 • Mr. Swiddler's Flip-Flap 788 • The Little Story NEGLIGIBLE TALES 793 • My Favorite Murder 800 • Oil of Dog 803 • An Imperfect Conflagration 806 • The Hypnotist
NotesThird Printing, April 1952. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine.
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