Ambrose Bierce

Black Beetles in Amber


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href="#ulink_994f12ec-ba50-5cfb-8b6f-799f00f791e6">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

       Table of Contents

      Many of the verses in this book are republished, with considerable alterations, from various newspapers. The collection includes few not relating to persons and events