The Stories and Fables of Ambrose Bierce

Synopsis

The Text Of The Monk And The Hangman's Daughter Ac- Companies Twenty-nine Stories And Eighty-seven Fables That Illuminate The Nature Of Bierce's Preoccupations Andthe Distinctive Features Of His Style. Stories. A Psychological Shipwreck -- Chickamauga -- An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge -- A Horseman In The Sky -- One Of The Missing -- A Wireless Message -- The Stranger -- The Man And The Snake -- The Coup De Grâce -- Curried Cow -- The Secret Of Macarger's Gulch -- A Resumed Identity -- One Kind Of Officer -- One Summer Night -- Three And One Are One -- The Death Of Halpin Frayser -- John Bartine's Watch -- Staley Felming's Hallucination -- Oil Of Dog -- The Hypnotist -- The Difficulty Of Crossing A Field -- An Arrest -- Moxon's Master -- Killed At Resaca -- Haïta The Shepherd -- Present At A Hanging -- An Inhabitatant Of Carcos -- One Officer, One Man -- The Damned Thing. Fables. The Man With No Enemies -- The Lifesaver -- Saint And Sinner -- Saint And Soul -- The Lassoed Bear -- The Australian Grasshopper -- The Discontented Malefactor -- Two Poets -- The Austere Governor -- The Reform School Board -- The Witch's Steed -- Legislator And Soap -- The Tried Assassin -- The Bumbo Of Jiam -- The City Of Political Distinction -- The Tolerant Sovereign -- A Little Learning -- The Flying Machine -- The Incredulous Subordinate -- The Statue At Bumboogle -- Two Politicians -- A Faulty Performance -- A Defective Petition -- The Reformed Anarchist -- Patriot And Banker -- A Hasty Settlement -- The Crimson Candle -- The Foolish Woman -- The Fugitive Office -- The Eligible Son-in-law -- Highwayman And Traveler -- Policeman And Citizen -- Moral Principle And Material Interest -- The Dutiful Son -- A Matter Of Taste -- The Fabulist -- Two Of The Pious -- The Secret Of Happiness -- Atonement -- A Part Of The Wages -- Sheep And Lion -- Officer And Thug -- Famine Versus Pestilence -- The Inconsolable Widow -- The Mysterious Word -- A Plucked Goose -- The Tyrant Frog -- Widow And Soldier -- Two Sons -- Consolation -- The Seeker For Simplicity -- Revelation -- Disappointment -- The Justice And His Accuser -- Wolf And Tortoise -- Alarm And Pride -- Environment -- A Causeway -- A Talisman -- The Shadow Of The Leader -- A Radical Parallel -- Physicians Two -- The Thistles Upon The Grave -- Kangaroo And Zebra -- The Honest Cadi -- The Overlooked Factor -- The Returned Californian -- The No Case -- Two Of The Damned -- Religious Of Error -- The Humble Peasant -- Judge And Rash Act -- Deceased And Heirs -- An Optimist -- The Compassionate Physician -- A Forfeited Right -- Revenge -- Man And Wart -- An Unspeakable Imbecile -- At Heaven's Gate -- Fogy And Sheik -- Sportsman And Squirrel -- No Irregularity -- A Transposition -- Old Man And Pupil -- Two Footpads -- Dog And Doctore -- The Monk And The Hangman's Daughter. Selected And With An Introd. By Edward Wagenknecht ; Illustrated By Ferebe Streett. A Barbara Holdridge Book. Includes Bibliographical References.