Shapes of Clay - A Collection of Poetry and Writings with a Biography of the Author
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Shapes of Clay - A Collection of Poetry and Writings with a Biography of the Author

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Shapes of Clay - A Collection of Poetry and Writings with a Biography of the Author

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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842. Bierce is critically best remembered for his fiction and many other writings are also generally regarded as some of the best war writings of all time. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.

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Table of contents

  1. Ambrose Bierce
  2. Preface
  3. THE PASSING SHOW.
  4. ELIXER VITAE.
  5. CONVALESCENT.
  6. AT THE CLOSE OF THE CANVASS.
  7. NOVUM ORGANUM.
  8. GEOTHEOS.
  9. YORICK.
  10. A VISION OF DOOM.
  11. POLITICS.
  12. POESY.
  13. IN DEFENSE.
  14. AN INVOCATION.
  15. RELIGION.
  16. A MORNING FANCY.
  17. VISIONS OF SIN.
  18. DANENHOWER.
  19. THE TOWN OF DÆ.
  20. AN ANARCHIST.
  21. AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
  22. ARMA VIRUMQUE.
  23. ON A PROPOSED CREMATORY.
  24. A DEMAND.
  25. THE WEATHER WIGHT.
  26. T.A.H.
  27. MY MONUMENT.
  28. MAD.
  29. HOSPITALITY.
  30. FOR A CERTAIN CRITIC.
  31. RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.
  32. MAGNANIMITY.
  33. TO HER.
  34. TO A SUMMER POET.
  35. ARTHUR McEWEN.
  36. CHARLES AND PETER.
  37. CONTEMPLATION.
  38. CREATION.
  39. BUSINESS.
  40. A POSSIBILITY.
  41. TO A CENSOR.
  42. THE HESITATING VETERAN.
  43. A YEAR’S CASUALTIES.
  44. INSPIRATION.
  45. TO-DAY.
  46. AN ALIBI.
  47. REBUKE.
  48. J.F.B.
  49. THE DYING STATESMAN.
  50. THE DEATH OF GRANT.
  51. THE FOUNTAIN REFILLED.
  52. LAUS LUCIS.
  53. NANINE.
  54. TECHNOLOGY.
  55. A REPLY TO A LETTER.
  56. TO OSCAR WILDE.
  57. PRAYER.
  58. A “BORN LEADER OF MEN.”
  59. TO THE BARTHOLDI STATUE.
  60. AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS.
  61. BY A DEFEATED LITIGANT.
  62. AN EPITAPH.
  63. THE POLITICIAN.
  64. AN INSCRIPTION
  65. FROM VIRGINIA TO PARIS.
  66. A “MUTE INGLORIOUS MILTON.”
  67. THE FREE TRADER’S LAMENT.
  68. SUBTERRANEAN PHANTASIES.
  69. IN MEMORIAM
  70. THE STATESMEN.
  71. THE BROTHERS.
  72. THE CYNIC’S BEQUEST
  73. CORRECTED NEWS.
  74. AN EXPLANATION.
  75. JUSTICE.
  76. MR. FINK’S DEBATING DONKEY.
  77. TO MY LAUNDRESS.
  78. FAME.
  79. OMNES VANITAS.
  80. ASPIRATION.
  81. DEMOCRACY.
  82. THE NEW “ULALUME.”
  83. CONSOLATION.
  84. FATE.
  85. PHILOSOPHER BIMM.
  86. REMINDED.
  87. SALVINI IN AMERICA.
  88. ANOTHER WAY.
  89. ART.
  90. AN ENEMY TO LAW AND ORDER.
  91. TO ONE ACROSS THE WAY.
  92. THE DEBTOR ABROAD.
  93. FORESIGHT.
  94. A FAIR DIVISION.
  95. GENESIS.
  96. LIBERTY.
  97. THE PASSING OF “BOSS” SHEPHERD.
  98. TO MAUDE.
  99. THE BIRTH OF VIRTUE.
  100. STONEMAN IN HEAVEN.
  101. THE SCURRIL PRESS.
  102. STANLEY.
  103. ONE OF THE UNFAIR SEX.
  104. THE LORD’S PRAYER ON A COIN.
  105. A LACKING FACTOR.
  106. THE ROYAL JESTER.
  107. A CAREER IN LETTERS.
  108. THE FOLLOWING PAIR.
  109. POLITICAL ECONOMY.
  110. VANISHED AT COCK-CROW.
  111. THE UNPARDONABLE SIN.
  112. INDUSTRIAL DISCONTENT.
  113. TEMPORA MUTANTUR.
  114. CONTENTMENT.
  115. THE NEW ENOCH.
  116. DISAVOWAL.
  117. AN AVERAGE.
  118. WOMAN.
  119. INCURABLE.
  120. THE PUN.
  121. A PARTISAN’S PROTEST.
  122. TO NANINE.
  123. VICE VERSA.
  124. A BLACK-LIST.
  125. A BEQUEST TO MUSIC.
  126. AUTHORITY.
  127. THE PSORIAD.
  128. ONEIROMANCY.
  129. PEACE.
  130. THANKSGIVING.
  131. SUPERINTENDENT:
  132. PAUPER:
  133. SUPERINTENDENT:
  134. PAUPER.
  135. SUPERINTENDENT:
  136. L’AUDACE.
  137. THE GOD’S VIEW-POINT.
  138. THE AESTHETES.
  139. JULY FOURTH.
  140. WITH MINE OWN PETARD.
  141. CONSTANCY.
  142. SIRES AND SONS.
  143. A CHALLENGE.
  144. TWO SHOWS.
  145. A POET’S HOPE.
  146. THE WOMAN AND THE DEVIL.
  147. TWO ROGUES.
  148. BEECHER.
  149. NOT GUILTY.
  150. PRESENTIMENT.
  151. A STUDY IN GRAY.
  152. A PARADOX.
  153. FOR MERIT.
  154. A BIT OF SCIENCE.
  155. THE TABLES TURNED.
  156. TO A DEJECTED POET.
  157. A FOOL.
  158. THE HUMORIST.
  159. MONTEFIORE.
  160. A WARNING.
  161. DISCRETION.
  162. AN EXILE.
  163. THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT.
  164. PSYCHOGRAPHS.
  165. TO A PROFESSIONAL EULOGIST.
  166. FOR WOUNDS.
  167. ELECTION DAY.
  168. THE MILITIAMAN.
  169. “A LITERARY METHOD.”
  170. A WELCOME.
  171. A SERENADE.
  172. THE WISE AND GOOD.
  173. THE LOST COLONEL.
  174. FOR TAT.
  175. A DILEMMA.
  176. METEMPSYCHOSIS.
  177. THE SAINT AND THE MONK.
  178. THE OPPOSING SEX.
  179. A WHIPPER-IN.
  180. JUDGMENT.
  181. THE FALL OF MISS LARKIN.
  182. IN HIGH LIFE.
  183. A BUBBLE.
  184. A RENDEZVOUS.
  185. FRANCINE.
  186. AN EXAMPLE.
  187. REVENGE.
  188. THE GENESIS OF EMBARRASSMENT.
  189. IN CONTUMACIAM.
  190. RE-EDIFIED.
  191. A BULLETIN.
  192. FROM THE MINUTES.
  193. WOMAN IN POLITICS.
  194. TO AN ASPIRANT.
  195. A BALLAD OF PIKEVILLE.
  196. A BUILDER.
  197. AN AUGURY.
  198. LUSUS POLITICUS.
  199. BEREAVEMENT.
  200. AN INSCRIPTION FOR A STATUE OF NAPOLEON, AT WEST POINT.
  201. A PICKBRAIN.
  202. CONVALESCENT.
  203. THE NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR.
  204. DETECTED.
  205. BIMETALISM.
  206. THE RICH TESTATOR.
  207. TWO METHODS.
  208. FOUNDATIONS OF THE STATE
  209. AN IMPOSTER.
  210. UNEXPOUNDED.
  211. FRANCE.
  212. THE EASTERN QUESTION.
  213. A GUEST.
  214. A FALSE PROPHECY.
  215. TWO TYPES.
  216. SOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHS.STEPHEN DORSEY.
  217. STEPHEN J. FIELD.
  218. GENERAL B.F. BUTLER.
  219. A HYMN OF THE MANY.
  220. ONE MORNING.
  221. AN ERROR.
  222. AT THE “NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.”
  223. THE KING OF BORES.
  224. HISTORY.
  225. THE HERMIT.
  226. TO A CRITIC OF TENNYSON.
  227. THE YEARLY LIE.
  228. COOPERATION.
  229. AN APOLOGUE.
  230. DIAGNOSIS.
  231. FALLEN.
  232. DIES IRAE.
  233. DIES IRAE.
  234. THE DAY OF WRATH.
  235. ONE MOOD’S EXPRESSION.
  236. SOMETHING IN THE PAPERS.
  237. IN THE BINNACLE.
  238. HUMILITY.
  239. ONE PRESIDENT.
  240. THE BRIDE.
  241. STRAINED RELATIONS.
  242. THE MAN BORN BLIND.
  243. A NIGHTMARE.
  244. A WET SEASON.
  245. THE CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
  246. HAEC FABULA DOCET.
  247. EXONERATION.
  248. AZRAEL.
  249. AGAIN.
  250. HOMO PODUNKENSIS.
  251. A SOCIAL CALL.