"Ashes of the Beacon. An Historical Monograph Written in 4930"
| Title | "Ashes of the Beacon. An Historical Monograph Written in 4930" |
| Year for Search | 1905 |
| Authors | Bierce, Ambrose [Gwinett](1842-1914?) |
| Secondary Title | New York American |
| Pagination | 22 |
| Date Published | February 19, 1905 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Satire on the United States from the point of view of a future society with a weak understanding of U.S. history. Self-government considered a contradiction in terms. Satire on politics, the legal system as a whole and the jury system in particular, women, religion, labor relations, and other subjects. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in the San Francisco Examiner (February 26, 1905): 44; in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce. Volume 1 (New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1909), 17-86. Rpt. (New York: Gordian Press, 1966), 1: 17-86; and in The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires. Ed. S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2000), 3-31. The version in The Collected Works incorporates “The Jury in Ancient America: An Historical Sketch Written in the Year of Grace 3687. Translated by Ambrose Bierce.” Cosmopolitan 39.4 (August 1905): 384-88; and “Insurance in Ancient America: Translated from the Work of a Future Historian.” Cosmopolitan Magazine 41.5 (September 1906): 555-57. |
| Illustration | Illus. |
| Holding Institutions | ICRL, L, MnU |
| Author Note | (1842-1914?) |
| Full Text | 1905 Bierce, Ambrose [Gwinett] (1842-1914?). “Ashes of the Beacon. An Historical Monograph Written in 4930.” New York American (February 19, 1905): 22. Rpt. the San Francisco Examiner (February 26, 1905): 44; in The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce. Volume 1 (New York: Neale Pub. Co., 1909), 17-86. Rpt. (New York: Gordian Press, 1966), 1: 17-86; and in The Fall of the Republic and Other Political Satires. Ed. S.T. Joshi and David E. Schultz (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2000), 3-31. The version in The Collected Works incorporates “The Jury in Ancient America: An Historical Sketch Written in the Year of Grace 3687. Translated by Ambrose Bierce.” Cosmopolitan 39.4 (August 1905): 384-88; and “Insurance in Ancient America: Translated from the Work of a Future Historian.” Cosmopolitan Magazine 41.5 (September 1906): 555-57. L, MnU Satire on the United States from the point of view of a future society with a weak understanding of U.S. history. Self-government considered a contradiction in terms. Satire on politics, the legal system as a whole and the jury system in particular, women, religion, labor relations, and other subjects. |
