Classicly Collection of Books

A Pindarick Ode on Painting

Thomas Morrison

A Pindarick Ode on Painting by Thomas Morrison. Preface from the author:Apart from the few papers relating to him that have survived since his death in 1778, little more is known of the Rev. Thom..

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Wassily Kandinsky

Concerning the Spiritual in Art  by Wassily Kandinsky. Introduction by Translator below:It is no common thing to find an artist who, even if he be willing to try, is capable of expressing hi..

Essays on Art

Arthur Clutton-Brock

Essays on Art by Arthur Clutton-Brock. Preface from the book:These essays, reprinted from the Times Literary Supplement with a few additions and corrections, are not all entirely or directly conc..

Promenades of an Impressionist

James Huneker

Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker. Excerpts from the book:After prolonged study of the art shown at the Paris Autumn Salon you ask yourself: This whirlpool of jostling ambitions, cr..

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

British Museum

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by British Museum. Excerpts from the book:The baked clay tablets and portions of tablets which describe the views and beliefs of the Babylonians and Assyria..

Under the Greenwood Tree

Thomas Hardy

Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published anonymously in 1872. It was Hardy's second published novel, the last to be printed without his name..

Albert Gallatin

John Austin Stevens

Albert Gallatin biography by John Austin Stevens. Born to an aristocratic Swiss family, Albert Gallatin (1761-1849) immigrated to America in 1780. Elected to Congress in 1795 and serving until 1801, G..

Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope was one of Victorian England's greatest and most prolific novelists. ... In addition, he wrote his posthumously published "Autobiography," which is being reissued, along with an assor..