Publisher's Synopsis
This short story collection by Ambrose Bierce has all of the following stories: A Provisional Settlement, Aspirants Three, At Santiago, A Cabinet Conference, An Indemnity, For Intervention, The Ordeal, Frosting A Bud, A Baffled Ambition, The Genesis Of A Nation, A White House Idyl, Two Favorites, A Sucked Orange, A Twisted Tale, Post Mortem, A Strained Relation, A Wireless Antepenultimatum, A Presidential Progress