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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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