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                THE COLLECTED

                  WORKS OF

               AMBROSE BIERCE



                 VOLUME VIII



              NEGLIGIBLE TALES

              ON WITH THE DANCE

                  EPIGRAMS



                  NEW YORK

             GORDIAN PRESS, INC.

                    1966


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          Originally Published 1911

               Reprinted 1966



                Published by

             GORDIAN PRESS, INC.



Library of Congress Card Catalog No 66-14638



          Printed in the U.S.A. by

            EDWARD BROTHERS INC.

             Ann Arbor, Michigan


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CONTENTS


NEGLIGIBLE TALES
  A BOTTOMLESS GRAVE                         9
  JUPITER DOKE, BRIGADIER-GENERAL           23
  THE WIDOWER TURMORE                       41
  THE CITY OF THE GONE AWAY                 52
  THE MAJOR'S TALE                          63
  CURRIED COW                               76
  A REVOLT OF THE GODS                      89
  THE BAPTISM OF DOBSHO                     95
  THE RACE AT LEFT BOWER                   104
  THE FAILURE OF HOPE & WANDEL             110
  PERRY CHUMLY'S ECLIPSE                   115
  A PROVIDENTIAL INTIMATION                122
  MR. SWIDDLER'S FLIP-FLAP                 131
  THE LITTLE STORY                         138

THE PARENTICIDE CLUB
  MY FAVORITE MURDER                       147
  OIL OF DOG                               163
  AN IMPERFECT CONFLAGRATION               171
  THE HYPNOTIST                            177

THE FOURTH ESTATE
  MR. MASTHEAD, JOURNALIST                 187
  WHY I AM NOT EDITING "THE STINGER"       195
  CORRUPTING THE PRESS                     204
  "THE BUBBLE REPUTATION"                  211

THE OCEAN WAVE
  A SHIPWRECKOLLECTION                     219
  THE CAPTAIN OF "THE CAMEL"               226
  THE MAN OVERBOARD                        239
  A CARGO OF CAT                           258

"ON WITH THE DANCE!" A REVIEW
  THE PRUDE IN LETTERS AND LIFE            267
  THE BEATING OF THE BLOOD                 270