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''Tales of Soldiers and Civilians'' is a collection of short stories written by Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War.〔 His famous story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is included in this collection. ==Publication== In the preface to the first edition, Bierce maintained that the book had been "denied existence by the chief publishing houses of the country."〔Bierce (1891a) p. 4.〕 He credited the eventual publication of the book to his friend, Mr. E. L. G. Steele, a merchant from San Francisco, who was listed with the 1891 copyright.〔Bierce (1891b), p. 5.〕 In 1898, Tales was republished along with other stories by G.P. Putnam's Sons under the title ''In the Midst of Life''.〔Bierce (1927).〕 George Sterling, in the introduction to a later (1927) edition, noted that as a result of "obtuse critics and a benighted public", the book failed to become the sensation Bierce had expected.〔 The original publication contained nineteen stories, while those in later publications increased in number; 1898 to 22, and 1909 to 26.〔Blume (2004), pp. xiii–xxii.〕 The original nineteen stories were retained in the 1898 publication, but were not entirely collectively retained in the 1909 edition.〔 Four of these were transferred by Bierce into his collection ''Collected Works, Can Such Things Be?''〔 In a similar fashion, Bierce moved eight stories into the 1909 version of ''In the Midst of Life'' from the 1893 edition of ''Can Such Things Be?''〔 Sixteen of the original stories were initially published in the ''San Francisco Examiner''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tales of Soldiers and Civilians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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