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Black Beetles in Amber

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1. Front matter 2. IN EXPLANATION 3. THE KEY NOTE 4. CAIN 5. AN OBITUARIAN 6. A COMMUTED SENTENCE 7. A LIFTED FINGER 8. TWO STATESMEN 9. MATTER FOR GRATITUDE 10. THREE KINDS OF A ROGUE 11. A MAN 12. SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE 13. SURPRISED 14. POSTERITY'S AWARD 15. AN ART CRITIC 16. THE SPIRIT OF A SPONGE 17. ORNITHANTHROPOS 18. TO E.S. SALOMON 19. DENNIS KEARNEY 20. FINIS FTERNITATIS 21. THE VETERAN 22. AN "EXHIBIT"23. THE TRANSMIGRATIONS OF A SOUL 24. AN ACTOR 25. FAMINE'S REALM 26. THE MACKAIAD 27. A SONG IN PRAISE 28. A POET'S FATHER 29. A COWARD 30. TO MY LIARS 31. CODEX HONORIS 32. TO W.H.L.B.33. EMANCIPATION 34. JOHNDONKEY 35. HELL 36. LUCIFER OF THE TORCH 37. THE "WHIRLIGIG OF TIME"38. A RAILROAD LACKEY 39. THE LEGATEE 40. A LITERARY HANGMAN 41. AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR 42. A CONTROVERSIALIST 43. MENDAX 44. THE RETROSPECTIVE BIRD 45. THE OAKLAND DOG 46. THE UNFALLEN BRAVE 47. A CELEBRATED CASE 48. COUPLETS 49. A RETORT 50. A VISION OF RESURRECTION 51. MASTER OF THREE ARTS 52. THERSITES 53. A SOCIETY LEADER 54. EXPOSITOR VERITATIS 55. TO "COLONEL" DAN. BURNS 56. GEORGE A. KNIGHT 57. UNARMED 58. A POLITICAL VIOLET 59. THE SUBDUED EDITOR 60. A "SCION OF NOBILITY"61. THE NIGHT OF ELECTION 62. THE CONVICTS' BALL 63. A PRAYER 64. TO ONE DETESTED 65. THE BOSS'S CHOICE 66. A MERCIFUL GOVERNOR 67. AN INTERPRETATION 68. A SOARING TOAD 69. AN UNDRESS UNIFORM 70. THE PERVERTED VILLAGE 71. MR. SHEETS 72. A JACK-AT-ALL-VIEWS 73. MY LORD POET 74. TO THE FOOL-KILLER 75. ONE AND ONE ARE TWO 76. MONTAGUE LEVERSON 77. THE WOFUL TALE OF MR. PETERS 78. TWIN UNWORTHIES 79. ANOTHER PLAN 80. A POLITICAL APOSTATE 81. TINKER DICK 82. BATS IN SUNSHINE 83. A WORD TO THE UNWISE 84. ON THE PLATFORM 85. A DAMPENED ARDOR 86. ADAIR WELCKER, POET 87. TO A WORD-WARRIOR 88. A CULINARY CANDIDATE 89. THE OLEOMARGARINE MAN 90. GENESIS 91. LLEWELLEN POWELL 92. THE SUNSET GUN.93. THE "VIDUATE DAME"94. FOUR OF A KIND 95. RECONCILIATION 96. A VISION OF CLIMATE 97. A "MASS" MEETING 98. FOR PRESIDENT, LELAND STANFORD 99. FOR MAYOR 100. A CHEATING PREACHER 101. A CROCODILE 102. THE AMERICAN PARTY 103. UNCOLONELED 104. THE GATES AJAR 105. TIDINGS OF GOOD 106. ARBORICULTURE 107. A SILURIAN HOLIDAY 108. REJECTED 109. JUDEX JUDICATUS 110. ON THE WEDDING OF AN AKRONAUT 111. A HASTY INFERENCE 112. A VOLUPTUARY 113. AD CATTONUM 114. THE NATIONAL GUARDSMAN 115. THE BARKING WEASEL 116. A REAR ELEVATION 117. IN UPPER SAN FRANCISCO 118. NIMROD 119. CENSOR LITERARUM 120. BORROWED BRAINS 121. THE FYGHTYNGE SEVENTH 122. INDICTED 123. OVER THE BORDER 124. ONE JUDGE 125. TO AN INSOLENT ATTORNEY 126. ACCEPTED 127. A PROMISED FAST TRAIN 128. ONE OF THE SAINTS 129. A MILITARY INCIDENT 130. SUBSTANCE VERSUS SHADOW 131. THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC MORALS 132. CALIFORNIA 133. DE YOUNG—A PROPHECY 134. TO EITHER 135. DISAPPOINTMENT 136. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THEFT 137. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN 138. THE LAST MAN 139. ARBOR DAY 140. THE PIUTE 141. FAME 142. ONE OF THE REDEEMED 143. A CRITIC 144. A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY 145. FLEET STROTHER 146. CALIFORNIAN SUMMER PICTURES 147. SLANDER 148. JAMES L. FLOOD 149. FOUR CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR 150. A GROWLER 151. AD MOODIUM 152. AN EPITAPH 153. A SPADE 154. THE VAN NESSIAD 155. A FISH COMMISSIONER 156. TO A STRAY DOG 157. IN HIS HAND 158. A DEMAGOGUE 159. IGNIS FATUUS 160. FROM TOP TO BOTTOM 161. AN IDLER 162. THE DEAD KING 163. A PATTER SONG 164. THE SHAFTER SHAFTED 165. THE TWO CAVEES 166. METEMPSYCHOSIS 167. SLICKENS 168. ASPIRANTS THREE 169. THE BIRTH OF THE RAIL 170. A BAD NIGHT 171. ON STONE 172. A WREATH OF IMMORTELLES

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