THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE VOLUME IX [Illustration: N] _The publishers certify that this edition of_ THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE _consists of two hundred and fifty numbered sets, autographed by the author, and that the number of this set is_ ...... THE COLLECTED WORKS OF AMBROSE BIERCE VOLUME IX TANGENTIAL VIEWS [Illustration] NEW YORK & WASHINGTON THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1911 _FREDERICK_ _POLLEY_ COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY CONTENTS TANGENTIAL VIEWS SOME PRIVATIONS OF THE COMING MAN CIVILIZATION OF THE MONKEY THE SOCIALIST—WHAT HE IS, AND WHY GEORGE THE MADE-OVER JOHN SMITH’S ANCESTORS THE MOON IN LETTERS COLUMBUS THE RELIGION OF THE TABLE REVISION DOWNWARD THE ART OF CONTROVERSY IN THE INFANCY OF “TRUSTS” POVERTY, CRIME AND VICE DECADENCE OF THE AMERICAN FOOT THE CLOTHING OF GHOSTS SOME ASPECTS OF EDUCATION THE REIGN OF THE RING FIN DE SIÈCLE TIMOTHY H. REARDEN THE PASSING OF THE HORSE NEWSPAPERS A BENIGN INVENTION ACTORS AND ACTING THE VALUE OF TRUTH SYMBOLS AND FETISHES DID WE EAT ONE ANOTHER? THE BACILLUS OF CRIME THE GAME OF BUTTON SLEEP CONCERNING PICTURES MODERN WARFARE CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR ON PUTTING ONE’S HEAD INTO ONE’S BELLY THE AMERICAN CHAIR ANOTHER “COLD SPELL” THE LOVE OF COUNTY DISINTRODUCTIONS THE TYRANNY OF FASHION BREACHES OF PROMISE THE TURKO-GRECIAN WAR CATS OF CHEYENNE THANKSGIVING DAY THE HOUR AND THE MAN MORTUARY ELECTROPLATING THE AGE ROMANTIC THE WAR EVERLASTING ON THE USES OF EUTHANASIA THE SCOURGE OF LAUGHTER THE LATE LAMENTED DETHRONEMENT OF THE ATOM DOGS FOR THE KLONDIKE MONSTERS AND EGGS MUSIC MALFEASANCE IN OFFICE FOR STANDING ROOM THE JEW WHY THE HUMAN NOSE HAS A WESTERN EXPOSURE TANGENTIAL VIEWS SOME PRIVATIONS OF THE COMING MAN