The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays

THE note of prophecy! It sounds sharp and clear in many a vibrant line, in many a sonorous sentence of the essays herein collected for the first time. Written for various Californian journals and periodicals and extending over a period of more than a quarter of a century, these opinions and reflections express the refined judgment of one who has seen, not as through a glass darkly, the trend of events. And having seen the portentous effigy that we are making of the Liberty our fathers created, he has written of it in English that is the despair of those who, thinking less clearly, escape not the pitfalls of diffuseness and obscurity.

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 20, 2015

Number of Pages: 116 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1515166694

ISBN-13: 9781515166696