Classicly Collection of Books

The Romance of Names

Ernest Weekley

The study of the origin of family names is at the same time quite simple and very difficult. Its simplicity consists in the fact that surnames can only come into existence in certain well-understood w..

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

Mayhew

The present work is intended to meet, in some measure, the requirements of those who wish to make some study of Middle-English, and who find a difficulty in obtaining such assistance as will enable th..

Dishes & Beverages of the Old South

Martha McCulloch-Williams

The cornmeal of commerce will not be satisfactory in any receipt here given. It has been bolted and kiln-dried out of all natural flavor. Take the trouble to get meal water-ground, from white flint co..

Germaine

Edmond About

Germaine is a fiction writing by Edmond About...

About the Holy Bible

Robert Green Ingersoll

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains..

Abroad with the Jimmies

Lilian Bell

If the critical public had cared to snub Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie and Bee, I, who am a fighting champion of theirs, would never have run the risk of boring it by a further chronicle of their travels. But f..

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Anonymous

The story of Aladdin is a Middle-Eastern folk tale that is included in A Thousand and One Nights, and is the story of a poor boy in a Chinese city. Aladdin is convinced by a sorcerer to fetch a magic ..

Before Adam

Jack London

Before Adam is a novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. The story offers an early view of..