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Fantastic Fables

Fantastic Fables

by Ambrose Bierce

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Author
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?
Credits
Transcribed from the 1899 G. P. Putnam's Sons edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Fables, American
Category
Text
eBook-No.
374
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/374
Release Date
December 1, 1995
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FANTASTIC FABLES
  2. 2.Contents: — Aesopus Emendatus — Old Saws with New Teeth
  3. 3.The Moral Principle and the Material Interest . . .
  4. 4.The Crimson Candle
  5. 5.The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine
  6. 6.The Ingenious Patriot
  7. 7.Two Kings
  8. 8.An Officer and a Thug
  9. 9.The Conscientious Official
  10. 10.How Leisure Came
  11. 11.The Moral Sentiment
  12. 12.The Politicians
  13. 13.The Thoughtful Warden
  14. 14.The Treasury and the Arms
  15. 15.The Christian Serpent
  16. 16.The Broom of the Temple
  17. 17.The Critics
  18. 18.The Foolish Woman
  19. 19.Father and Son
  20. 20.The Discontented Malefactor
  21. 21.A Call to Quit
  22. 22.The Man and the Lightning
  23. 23.The Lassoed Bear
  24. 24.The Ineffective Rooter
  25. 25.A Protagonist of Silver
  26. 26.The Holy Deacon
  27. 27.A Hasty Settlement
  28. 28.The Wooden Guns
  29. 29.The Reform School Board
  30. 30.The Poet’s Doom
  31. 31.The Noser and the Note
  32. 32.The Cat and the King
  33. 33.The Literary Astronomer
  34. 34.The Lion and the Rattlesnake
  35. 35.The Man with No Enemies
  36. 36.The Alderman and the Raccoon
  37. 37.The Flying-Machine
  38. 38.The Angel’s Tear
  39. 39.The City of Political Distinction
  40. 40.The Party Over There
  41. 41.The Poetess of Reform
  42. 42.The Unchanged Diplomatist
  43. 43.An Invitation
  44. 44.The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky
  45. 45.The Opossum of the Future
  46. 46.The Life-Savers
  47. 47.The Australian Grasshopper
  48. 48.The Pavior
  49. 49.The Tried Assassin
  50. 50.The Bumbo of Jiam
  51. 51.The Two Poets
  52. 52.The Thistles upon the Grave
  53. 53.The Shadow of the Leader
  54. 54.The Sagacious Rat
  55. 55.The Member and the Soap
  56. 56.Alarm and Pride
  57. 57.A Causeway
  58. 58.Two in Trouble
  59. 59.The Witch’s Steed
  60. 60.The All Dog
  61. 61.The Farmer’s Friend
  62. 62.Physicians Two
  63. 63.The Overlooked Factor
  64. 64.A Racial Parallel
  65. 65.The Honest Cadi
  66. 66.The Kangaroo and the Zebra
  67. 67.A Matter of Method
  68. 68.The Man of Principle
  69. 69.The Returned Californian
  70. 70.The Compassionate Physician
  71. 71.Two of the Damned
  72. 72.The Austere Governor
  73. 73.Religions of Error
  74. 74.The Penitent Elector
  75. 75.The Tail of the Sphinx
  76. 76.A Prophet of Evil
  77. 77.The Crew of the Life-boat
  78. 78.A Treaty of Peace
  79. 79.The Nightside of Character
  80. 80.The Faithful Cashier
  81. 81.The Circular Clew
  82. 82.The Devoted Widow
  83. 83.The Hardy Patriots
  84. 84.The Humble Peasant
  85. 85.The Various Delegation
  86. 86.The No Case
  87. 87.A Harmless Visitor
  88. 88.The Judge and the Rash Act
  89. 89.The Prerogative of Might
  90. 90.An Inflated Ambition
  91. 91.Rejected Services
  92. 92.The Power of the Scalawag
  93. 93.At Large—One Temper
  94. 94.The Seeker and the Sought
  95. 95.His Fly-Speck Majesty
  96. 96.The Pugilist’s Diet
  97. 97.The Old Man and the Pupil
  98. 98.The Deceased and his Heirs
  99. 99.The Politicians and the Plunder
  100. 100.The Man and the Wart
  101. 101.The Divided Delegation
  102. 102.A Forfeited Right
  103. 103.Revenge
  104. 104.An Optimist
  105. 105.A Valuable Suggestion
  106. 106.Two Footpads
  107. 107.Equipped for Service
  108. 108.The Basking Cyclone
  109. 109.At the Pole
  110. 110.The Optimist and the Cynic
  111. 111.The Poet and the Editor
  112. 112.The Taken Hand
  113. 113.An Unspeakable Imbecile
  114. 114.A Needful War
  115. 115.The Mine Owner and the Jackass
  116. 116.The Dog and the Physician
  117. 117.The Party Manager and the Gentleman
  118. 118.The Legislator and the Citizen
  119. 119.The Rainmaker
  120. 120.The Citizen and the Snakes
  121. 121.Fortune and the Fabulist
  122. 122.A Smiling Idol
  123. 123.Philosophers Three
  124. 124.The Boneless King
  125. 125.Uncalculating Zeal
  126. 126.A Transposition
  127. 127.The Honest Citizen
  128. 128.A Creaking Tail
  129. 129.Wasted Sweets
  130. 130.Six and One
  131. 131.The Sportsman and the Squirrel
  132. 132.The Fogy and the Sheik
  133. 133.At Heaven’s Gate
  134. 134.The Catted Anarchist
  135. 135.The Honourable Member
  136. 136.The Expatriated Boss
  137. 137.An Inadequate Fee
  138. 138.The Judge and the Plaintiff
  139. 139.The Return of the Representative
  140. 140.A Statesman
  141. 141.Two Dogs
  142. 142.Three Recruits
  143. 143.The Mirror
  144. 144.Saint and Sinner
  145. 145.An Antidote
  146. 146.A Weary Echo
  147. 147.The Ingenious Blackmailer
  148. 148.A Talisman
  149. 149.The Ancient Order
  150. 150.A Fatal Disorder
  151. 151.The Massacre
  152. 152.A Ship and a Man
  153. 153.Congress and the People
  154. 154.The Justice and His Accuser
  155. 155.The Highwayman and the Traveller
  156. 156.The Policeman and the Citizen
  157. 157.The Writer and the Tramps
  158. 158.Two Politicians
  159. 159.The Fugitive Office
  160. 160.The Tyrant Frog
  161. 161.The Eligible Son-in-Law
  162. 162.The Statesman and the Horse
  163. 163.An Ærophobe
  164. 164.The Thrift of Strength
  165. 165.The Good Government
  166. 166.The Life Saver
  167. 167.The Man and the Bird
  168. 168.From the Minutes
  169. 169.Three of a Kind
  170. 170.The Fabulist and the Animals
  171. 171.A Revivalist Revived
  172. 172.The Debaters
  173. 173.Two of the Pious
  174. 174.The Desperate Object
  175. 175.The Appropriate Memorial
  176. 176.A Needless Labour
  177. 177.A Flourishing Industry
  178. 178.The Self-Made Monkey
  179. 179.The Patriot and the Banker
  180. 180.The Mourning Brothers
  181. 181.The Disinterested Arbiter
  182. 182.The Thief and the Honest Man
  183. 183.The Dutiful Son
  184. 184.AESOPUS EMENDATUS — The Cat and the Youth — The Farmer and His Sons — Jupiter and the Baby Show — The Man and the Dog — The Cat and the Birds — Mercury and the Woodchopper — The Fox and the Grapes — The Penitent Thief — The Archer and the Eagle — Truth and the Traveller — The Wolf and the Lamb — The Lion and the Boar — The Grasshopper and the Ant — The Fisher and the Fished — The Farmer and the Fox — Dame Fortune and the Traveller — The Victor and the Victim — The Wolf and the Shepherds — The Goose and the Swan — The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass — The Snake and the Swallow — The Wolves and the Dogs — The Hen and the Vipers — A Seasonable Joke — The Lion and the Thorn — The Fawn and the Buck — The Kite, the Pigeons, and the Hawk — The Wolf and the Babe — The Wolf and the Ostrich — The Herdsman and the Lion — The Man and the Viper — The Man and the Eagle — The War-horse and the Miller — The Dog and the Reflection — The Man and the Fish-horn — The Hare and the Tortoise — Hercules and the Carter — The Lion and the Bull — The Man and his Goose — The Wolf and the Feeding Goat — Jupiter and the Birds — The Lion and the Mouse — The Old Man and His Sons — The Crab and His Son — The North Wind and the Sun — The Mountain and the Mouse — The Bellamy and the Members
  185. 185.OLD SAWS WITH NEW TEETH CERTAIN ANCIENT FABLES APPLIED TO THE LIFE OF OUR TIMES — The Wolf and the Crane — The Lion and the Mouse — The Hares and the Frogs — The Belly and the Members — The Piping Fisherman — The Ants and the Grasshopper — The Dog and His Reflection — The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox — The Ass and the Lion’s Skin — The Ass and the Grasshoppers — The Wolf and the Lion — The Hare and the Tortoise — The Milkmaid and Her Bucket — King Log and King Stork — The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion — The Monkey and the Nuts — The Boys and the Frogs

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