Classicly Collection of Books

Types of Children's Literature

Walter Barnes

Types of Children's Literature is a collection of the World's Best Literature for Children, For Use in Colleges, Normal Schools and Library Schools...

The History of Sumatra

William Marsden

The island of Sumatra, which, in point of situation and extent, holds a conspicuous rank on the terraqueous globe, and is surpassed by few in the bountiful indulgences of nature, has in all ages been ..

Auguste Comte and Positivism

John Stuart Mill

Auguste Comte and Positivism is philosophical text written by John Stuart Mill, a British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history ..

Captains Courageous - A Story of the Grand Banks

Rudyard Kipling

Captains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a ..

Panu

Juhani Aho

Panu is finnish historical work written by Juhani Aho, a Finnish author and journalist. He was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature twelve times...

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel

George Meredith

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son is the earliest full-length novel by George Meredith; its subject is the inability of systems of education to control human passions...

The River War - An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan

Winston Churchill

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan, by Winston Churchill, concerning his experiences as a British Army officer, during the Mahdist War in the Sudan...

The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith

E. Boyd Smith

Pocahontas was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of a network of tri..