Classicly Collection of Books

The Fiend's Delight

Dod Grile

The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals. They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibilit..

Mademoiselle Fifi

Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant was born at the Chateau de Miromesnil, near Dieppe, on August 5th, 1850. The Maupassants were an old Lorraine family who had settled in Normandy in the middle of the Eighteenth Centu..

The Story of Julia Page

Kathleen Thompson Norris

To Emeline, wife of George Page, there came slowly, in her thirtieth year, a sullen conviction that life was monstrously unfair. From a resentful realization that she was not happy in her marriage, Em..

Brother and Sister

Josephine Lawrence

Brother and Sister is a children's story written by Josephine Lawrence, the authors of BROTHER AND SISTER SERIES books including "BROTHER AND SISTER'S SCHOOLDAYS", and  "BROTHER AND SISTER'S HOLI..

Pêcheur d'Islande

Pierre Loti

Leur table massive occupait toute leur demeure; elle en prenait très exactement la forme, et il restait juste de quoi se couler autour pour s'asseoir sur des caissons étroits scellés au murailles de c..

Riley Farm-Rhymes

James Whitcomb Riley

Riley Farm-Rhymes is a collection of farm life poems written for children by James Whitcomb Riley.To The Good Old-Fashioned PeopleRiley Farm-RhymesThe Orchard Lands Of Long AgoWhen The Frost Is On The..

Zone Policeman 88

Harry Alverson Franck

Zone Policeman 88, is a Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers written by Harry A. Franck, who is also the author of  "A Vagabond Journey Around the World" and "Four Months Afoot i..

Political Ideals

Bertrand Russell

Political ideals must be based upon ideals for the individual life. The aim of politics should be to make the lives of individuals as good as possible. There is nothing for the politician to consider ..