The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume X
Subtitle: TANGENTIAL VIEWS
Publisher: Neale Publishing Company
Published: 1911
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TANGENTIAL VIEWS; title: SOME PRIVATIONS OF THE COMING MAN . . . 17 CIVILIZATION OF THE MONKEY . . . . . 32; title: THE SOCIALIST WHAT HE is, AND WHY ... . 37; title: GEORGE THE MADE-OVER . . . . . 48; title: JOHN SMITH'S ANCESTORS . . . . . . 53; title: THE MOON IN LETTERS . . . . . 58; title: COLUMBUS ......... 68; title: THE RELIGION OF THE TABLE ..... 76; title: REVISION DOWNWARD ....... 79; title: THE ART OF CONTROVERSY . . . . 83; title: IN THE INFANCY OF "TRUSTS" ..... 9 1; title: POVERTY, CRIME AND VICE . . . . .100; title: DECADENCE OF THE AMERICAN FOOT . . . .112; title: THE CLOTHING OF GHOSTS ...... 117; title: SOME ASPECTS OF EDUCATION ..... 121; title: THE REIGN OF THE RING . . . . . .130; title: FIN DE SIECLE ........ 138; title: TIMOTHY U. REARDEN ' . . . . . 142; title: THE PASSING OF THE HORSE '"' . . . . 147; title: NEWSPAPERS . . . -''.' . . . 15*; title: A BENIGN INVENTION . . . . . . . 161; title: ACTORS AND ACTING . . . . . . .169; title: THE VALUE OF TRUTH ...... 179; title: SYMBOLS AND FETISHES . . . . .185; title: DID WE EAT ONE ANOTHER? . . . .192; title: THE BACILLUS OF CRIME ...... 194; title: THE GAME OF BUTTON 197; title: SLEEP 203; title: CONCERNING PICTURES 208; title: MODERN WARFARE . . . . . . .216; title: CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR . . . .235; title: ON PUTTING ONE'S HEAD INTO ONE'S BELLY . . 242; title: THE AMERICAN CHAIR 245; title: ANOTHER " COLD SPELL "...... 249; title: THE LOVE OF COUNTY 254; title: DlSWTRODUCTIONS . . . . . . .257; title: THE TYRANNY OF FASHION 261; title: BREACHES OF PROMISE ...... 282; title: THE TURKO-GRECIAN WAR 287; title: CATS OF CHEYENNE 295; title: THANKSGIVING DAY ....... 298; title: THE HOUR AND THE MAN 302; title: MORTUARY ELECTROPLATING ..... 306; title: THE AGE ROMANTIC 311; title: THE WAR EVERLASTING . . . . . .317; title: ON THE USES OF EUTHANASIA ..... 327; title: THE SCOURGE OF LAUGHTER 338; title: THE LATE LAMENTED ...... 341; title: DETHRONEMENT OF THE ATOM 344; title: DOGS FOR THE KLONDIKE ...... 348; title: MONSTERS AND EGGS 355; title: Music 359; title: MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE 364; title: FOR STANDING ROOM ' 368; title: THE JEW 373; title: WHY THE HUMAN NOSE HAS A WESTERN EXPOSURE . 383