Transcribed from the 1899 G. P. Putnam's Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
FANTASTIC FABLES
BY AMBROSE BIERCE
AUTHOR OF "TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS," "CAN SUCH THINGS BE?" "BLACK BEETLES IN AMBER," ETC.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press 1899
Contents:
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
A Call to Quit
The Man and the Lightning
The Lassoed Bear
The Ineffective Rooter
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