Table of Contents

• THE COLLECTEDTHE COLLECTED
• WORKS OFWORKS OF
• AMBROSE BIERCEAMBROSE BIERCE
  • VOLUME VIIIVOLUME VIII
  • NEGLIGIBLE TALESNEGLIGIBLE TALES
  • ON WITH THE DANCEON WITH THE DANCE
  • EPIGRAMSEPIGRAMS
    • NEW YORK GORDIAN PRESS, INC. 1966NEW YORK GORDIAN PRESS, INC. 1966
      • Originally Published 1911 Reprinted 1966Originally Published 1911 Reprinted 1966
      • Published by GORDIAN PRESS, INC.Published by GORDIAN PRESS, INC.
      • Library of Congress Card Catalog No 66-14638Library of Congress Card Catalog No 66-14638
      • Printed in the U.S.A. by EDWARD BROTHERS INC. Ann Arbor, MichiganPrinted in the U.S.A. by EDWARD BROTHERS INC. Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • CONTENTSCONTENTS
• NEGLIGIBLE TALESNEGLIGIBLE TALES
  • A BOTTOMLESS GRAVEA BOTTOMLESS GRAVE
  • JUPITER DOKE, BRIGADIER-GENERALJUPITER DOKE, BRIGADIER-GENERAL
  • THE WIDOWER TURMORETHE WIDOWER TURMORE
  • THE CITY OF THE GONE AWAYTHE CITY OF THE GONE AWAY
  • THE MAJOR'S TALETHE MAJOR'S TALE
  • CURRIED COWCURRIED COW
  • A REVOLT OF THE GODSA REVOLT OF THE GODS
  • THE BAPTISM OF DOBSHOTHE BAPTISM OF DOBSHO
  • THE RACE AT LEFT BOWERTHE RACE AT LEFT BOWER
  • THE FAILURE OF HOPE & WANDELTHE FAILURE OF HOPE & WANDEL
  • PERRY CHUMLY'S ECLIPSEPERRY CHUMLY'S ECLIPSE
  • A PROVIDENTIAL INTIMATIONA PROVIDENTIAL INTIMATION
  • MR. SWIDDLER'S FLIP-FLAPMR. SWIDDLER'S FLIP-FLAP
  • THE LITTLE STORYTHE LITTLE STORY
• THE PARENTICIDE CLUBTHE PARENTICIDE CLUB
  • MY FAVORITE MURDERMY FAVORITE MURDER
  • OIL OF DOGOIL OF DOG
  • AN IMPERFECT CONFLAGRATIONAN IMPERFECT CONFLAGRATION
  • THE HYPNOTISTTHE HYPNOTIST
• THE FOURTH ESTATETHE FOURTH ESTATE
  • MR. MASTHEAD, JOURNALISTMR. MASTHEAD, JOURNALIST
  • WHY I AM NOT EDITING "THE STINGER"WHY I AM NOT EDITING "THE STINGER"
  • CORRUPTING THE PRESSCORRUPTING THE PRESS
  • "THE BUBBLE REPUTATION""THE BUBBLE REPUTATION"
    • HOW ANOTHER MAN'S WAS SOUGHT AND PRICKEDHOW ANOTHER MAN'S WAS SOUGHT AND PRICKED
• THE OCEAN WAVETHE OCEAN WAVE
  • A SHIPWRECKOLLECTIONA SHIPWRECKOLLECTION
  • THE CAPTAIN OF "THE CAMEL"THE CAPTAIN OF "THE CAMEL"
  • THE MAN OVERBOARDTHE MAN OVERBOARD
    • II
    • IIII
  • A CARGO OF CATA CARGO OF CAT
• "ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW"ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW
  • II
    • THE PRUDE IN LETTERS AND LIFETHE PRUDE IN LETTERS AND LIFE
  • IIII
    • THE BEATING OF THE BLOODTHE BEATING OF THE BLOOD
  • IIIIII
    • THERE ARE CORNS IN EGYPTTHERE ARE CORNS IN EGYPT
  • IVIV
    • A REEF IN THE GABARDINEA REEF IN THE GABARDINE
  • VV
    • ENTER A TROUPE OF ANCIENTS, DANCINGENTER A TROUPE OF ANCIENTS, DANCING
  • VIVI
    • CAIRO REVISITEDCAIRO REVISITED
  • VIIVII
    • JAPAN WEAR AND BOMBAY DUCKSJAPAN WEAR AND BOMBAY DUCKS
  • VIIIVIII
    • IN THE BOTTOM OF THE CRUCIBLEIN THE BOTTOM OF THE CRUCIBLE
  • IXIX
    • COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSECOUNSEL FOR THE DEFENSE
  • XX
    • THEY ALL DANCETHEY ALL DANCE
  • XIXI
    • LUST, QUOTH'A!LUST, QUOTH'A!
  • XIIXII
    • OUR GRANDMOTHERS' LEGSOUR GRANDMOTHERS' LEGS
• EPIGRAMSEPIGRAMS