The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 11 / Antepenultimata
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"The greater part of the contents of this volume is published in admirable form by A. M. Robertson, of San Francisco, with the titleThe Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays. When the prospectus of Mr. Bierce’sCollected Workswas issued by our house in 1908 no allowance was made for this matter, but through the generosity of Mr. Robertson, and of Mr. S. O. Howes, the book’s compiler and editor, we are now able to include it in our scheme, with revisions and additions by the author. For this courtesy we are greatly indebted to Messrs. Robertson and Howes. "
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- THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE
- PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
- CONTENTS
- ANTEPENULTIMATA
- THE SHADOW ON THE DIAL
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- CIVILIZATION
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- THE GAME OF POLITICS
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- A POSSIBLE BENEFACTOR
- WARLIKE AMERICA
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- SOME FEATURES OF THE LAW
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- ARBITRATION
- THE GIFT O’ GAB
- NATURA BENIGNA
- INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT
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- IV
- WRITERS OF DIALECT
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- CRIME AND ITS CORRECTIVES
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- ON KNOWING ONE’S BUSINESS—AN INSTANCE
- A TRADE OF REFUGE
- THE DEATH PENALTY
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- RELIGION
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- IMMORTALITY
- A ROLLING CONTINENT
- CHARITY
- EMANCIPATED WOMAN
- THE OPPOSING SEX
- A MAD WORLD
- THE AMERICAN SYCOPHANT
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- DOG
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- THE ANCESTRAL BOND
- THE RIGHT TO WORK
- TAKING ONESELF OFF
- A MONUMENT TO ADAM
- HYPNOTISM
- AT THE DRAIN OF THE WASH-BASIN
- GODS IN CHICAGO
- FOR LAST WORDS
- THE CHAIR OF LITTLE EASE
- A GHOST IN THE UNMAKING
- THE TURN OF THE TIDE
- FAT BABIES AND FATE
- CERTAIN AREAS OF OUR SEAMY SIDE
- FOR BREVITY AND CLARITY
- GENIUS AS A PROVOCATION
- A BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD
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