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42 Stories:

Can Such Things Be?
The death of Halpin Frayser
The secret of Macarger’s Gulch
One summer night
The moonlit road
A diagnosis of death
Moxon’s master
A tough tussle
One of twins
The haunted valley
A jug of sirup
Staley Fleming’s hallucination
A resumed identity
A baby tramp
The night-doings at “Deadman’s”
Beyond the wall
A psychological shipwreck
The middle toe of the right foot
John Mortonson’s funeral
The realm of the unreal
John Bartine’s watch
The Damned Thing
Haïta the shepherd
An Inhabitant of Carcosa
The Stranger

The Ways of Ghosts
Present at a Hanging
A Cold Greeting
A Wireless Message
An Arrest

Soldier-Folk
A Man with Two Lives
Three and One Are One
A Baffled Ambuscade
Two Military Executions

Some Haunted Houses
The Isle of Pines
A Fruitless Assignment
A Vine on a House
At Old Man Eckert's
The Spook House
The Other Lodgers
The Thing at Nolan
The Difficulty of Crossing a Field
An Unfinished Race
Charles Ashmore's Trail

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Boni & Liveright
Pages
427

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Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III: Can such things be?
1966, Gordian Press
Hardcover in English - Reprint
Cover of: Can such things be?
Can such things be?
1924, Albert & Charles Boni
hardcover in English
Cover of: Can such things be?
Can such things be?
1918, Boni & Liveright
Library Binding
Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III: Can such things be?
1910, Neale Publishing Company
Library Binding in English
Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III: Can such things be?
1910, Neale Publishing Company
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III: Can such things be?
1910, Neale Publishing Company
Library Binding in English
Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III: Can such things be?
1910, Neale Publishing Company
Library Binding in English
Cover of: The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce: Volume III: Can such things be?
1910, Neale Publishing Company
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Table of Contents

THE DEATH OF HALPIN FRAYSER . . . .13
THE SECRET OF MACARGER S GULCH .... 44
ONE SUMMER NIGHT ....... 58
THE MOONLIT ROAD . . ..... 6z
A DIAGNOSIS OF DEATH ...... 81
MOXON S MASTER ....... 88
A TOUGH TUSSLE ....... 106
ONE OF TWINS . ...... 112
THE HAUNTED VALLEY ...... 134
A JUG OF SIRUP . . ...... 155
STALEY FLEMING S HALLUCINATION . . . .169
A RESUMED IDENTITY ........ 174
A BABY TRAMP ........ 185
THE NIGHT-DOINGS AT " DEADMAN S " . . . . 194
BEYOND THE WALL . . ..... 210
A PSYCHOLOGICAL SHIPWRECK ..... 227
THE MIDDLE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT . . .235 JOHN MORTONSON S FUNERAL ..... 252
THE REALM OF THE UNREAL ..... 255
JOHN BARTINE S WATCH ...... 268
THE DAMNED THING ....... 280
HAITI THE SHEPHERD . . . . . .297
AN INHABITANT OF CARCOSA ..... 308
THE STRANGER ........ 315
THE WAYS OF GHOSTS
PRESENT AT A HANGING . . . . . 327
A COLD GREETING 331
A WIRELESS- MESSAGE 335
AN ARREST 340
SOLDIER-FOLK
A MAN WITH Two LIVES 345
THREE AND ONE ARE ONE . . , . . .350
A BAFFLED AMBUSCADE 356
Two MILITARY EXECUTIONS 361
SOME HAUNTED HOUSES
THE ISLE OF PINES 369
A FRUITLESS ASSIGNMENT 377
A VINE ON A HOUSE 383
AT OLD MAN ECKERT S 389
THE SPOOK HOUSE ....... 393
THE OTHER LODGERS . 400
THE THING AT NOLAN 405
THE DIFFICULTY OF CROSSING A FIELD . . .415
AN UNFINISHED RACE 419
CHARLES ASHMORE S TRAIL 421

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Library Binding
Pagination
4 p. \U+fffd\., [13]-427 [1] p.
Number of pages
427

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OL7168934M
Internet Archive
cansuchthings00bierrich
OCLC/WorldCat
223142
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60624866

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