A NOTE ON THE TEXT
The texts for the selections in this edition are
from the following volumes of The Collected Works of Ambrose
Bierce (New York and Washington: The Neale Publishing Company,
1909-12): Volume II In the Midst of Life (Tales of
Soldiers and Civilians); Volume III Can Such Things Be?;
Volume VIII Negligible Tales, One with the Dance, Epigrams;
Volume X The Opinionator; and Volume XI
Antepenultimata.
My thanks to S. T. Joshi and Charles Bradshaw
for their help in preparing this volume.