Classicly Collection of Books

Let's Collect Rocks and Shells

Anonymous

illions of people throughout the world have found many hours of pleasure, adventure and education by collecting either rocks or shells. This booklet won't tell you everything there is to know about ro..

Windows

John Galsworthy

The MARCH'S dining-room opens through French windows on one of those gardens which seem infinite, till they are seen to be coterminous with the side walls of the house, and finite at the far end, beca..

Young Folks' History of England

Charlotte M. Yonge

Nearly two thousand years ago there was a brave captain whose name was Julius Cæsar. The soldiers he led to battle were very strong, and conquered the people wherever they went. They had no gun or gun..

Her Husband's Purse

Helen Reimensnyder Martin

The Pennsylvania town of New Munich was electrified by the sudden and entirely unlooked-for announcement of the betrothal of Daniel Leitzel, Esquire; but his two maiden sisters with whom he lived, and..

Tillie, a Mennonite Maid

Helen Reimensnyder Martin

Tillie's slender little body thrilled with a peculiar ecstasy as she stepped upon the platform and felt her close proximity to the teacher—so close that she could catch the sweet, wonderful fragrance ..

California and the Californians

David Starr Jordan

The Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not know California is always a surprise. Hence he is impatient of outside c..

Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy

About half the verses that follow were written quite lately.  The rest are older, having been held over in MS. when past volumes were published, on considering that these would contain a sufficie..

The Long Ago

J. W. Wright

The Long Ago is a collection of English essays written by Jacob William Wright. The essays are The garden, The river, Christmas, Butter, eggs, ducks, geese, The sugar barrels, Jimmy, the lamplighter, ..