THE FANTASTIC FABLES INDEX PAGE

THE FANTASTIC FABLES INDEX PAGE

AMERICAN LITERARY CLASSICS
A CHAPTER A DAY

FANTASTIC FABLES BY AMBROSE BIERCE 1899 EDITION *** * * A NOTE ON THE TEXT * * ***

FANTASTIC FABLES

The Moral Principle and the Material Interest The Crimson Candle The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine The Ingenious Patriot Two Kings An Officer and a Thug The Conscientious Official How Leisure Came The Moral Sentiment

The Politicians The Thoughtful Warden The Treasury and the Arms The Christian Serpent The Broom of the Temple The Critics The Foolish Woman Father and Son The Discontented Malefactor

Call to Quit The Man and the Lightning The Lassoed Bear The Ineffective Rooter A Protagonist of Silver The Holy Deacon A Hasty Settlement The Wooden Guns The Reform School Board

The Poet's Doom The Noser and the Note The Cat and the King The Literary Astronomer The Lion and the Rattlesnake The Man with No Enemies The Alderman and the Raccoon The Flying-Machine The Angel's Tear

The City of Political Distinction The Party Over There The Poetess of Reform The Unchanged Diplomatist An Invitation The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky The Opossum of the Future The Life-Savers The Australian Grasshopper

The Pavior The Tried Assassin The Bumbo of Jiam The Two Poets The Thistles upon the Grave The Shadow of the Leader The Sagacious Rat The Member and the Soap Alarm and Pride

A Causeway Two in Trouble The Witch's Steed The All Dog The Farmer's Friend Physicians Two The Overlooked Factor A Racial Parallel The Honest Cadi

The Kangaroo and the Zebra A Matter of Method The Man of Principle The Returned Californian The Compassionate Physician Two of the Damned The Austere Governor Religions of Error The Penitent Elector

The Tail of the Sphinx A Prophet of Evil The Crew of the Life-boat A Treaty of Peace The Nightside of Character The Faithful Cashier The Circular Clew The Devoted Widow The Hardy Patriots

The Humble Peasant The Various Delegation The No Case A Harmless Visitor The Judge and the Rash Act The Prerogative of Might An Inflated Ambition Rejected Services The Power of the Scalawag

At Large - One Temper The Seeker and the Sought His Fly-Speck Majesty The Pugilist's Diet The Old Man and the Pupil The Deceased and his Heirs The Politicians and the Plunder The Man and the Wart The Divided Delegation

A Forfeited Right Revenge An Optimist A Valuable Suggestion Two Footpads Equipped for Service The Basking Cyclone At the Pole The Optimist and the Cynic

The Poet and the Editor The Taken Hand An Unspeakable Imbecile A Needful War The Mine Owner and the Jackass The Dog and the Physician The Party Manager and the Gentleman. The Legislator and the Citizen The Rainmaker

The Citizen and the Snakes Fortune and the Fabulist A Smiling Idol Philosophers Three The Boneless King Uncalculating Zeal A Transposition The Honest Citizen A Creaking Tail Wasted Sweets

Six and One The Sportsman and the Squirrel The Fogy and the Sheik At Heaven's Gate The Catted Anarchist The Honourable Member The Expatriated Boss An Inadequate Fee The Judge and the Plaintiff

The Return of the Representative A Statesman Two Dogs Three Recruits The Mirror Saint and Sinner An Antidote A Weary Echo The Ingenious Blackmailer

A Talisman The Ancient Order A Fatal Disorder The Massacre A Ship and a Man Congress and the People The Justice and His Accuser The Highwayman and the Traveller The Policeman and the Citizen

The Writer and the Tramps Two Politicians The Fugitive Office The Tyrant Frog The Eligible Son-in-Law The Statesman and the Horse An AErophobe The Thrift of Strength The Good Government

The Life-Saver The Man and the Bird From the Minutes Three of a Kind The Fabulist and the Animals A Revivalist Revived The Debaters Two of the Pious The Desperate Object

The Appropriate Memorial A Needless Labour A Flourishing Industry The Self-Made Monkey The Patriot and the Banker The Mourning Brothers The Disinterested Arbiter The Thief and the Honest Man The Dutiful Son

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