| The moral stories are at their best told by Ambrose Bierce in his book Cobwebs from an Empty Skull. The book is divided into three sections: 'Fables of Zambri, the Parsee,' an assortment of over 100 fables; 'Brief Seasons of Intellectual Dissipation,' discussions between a fool and a philosopher, a doctor and a soldier, respectively; and 'Divers Tales,' 28 different stories of an eclectic nature, including The Grateful Bear, Dr. Deadwood, I Presume, Mrs. Dennison's Head, and Jim Beckwourth's Pond. (Goodreads) |
