Classicly Collection of Books

The Landloper - The Romance of a Man on Foot

Holman Day

The man who called himself Walker Farr plodded down the dusty stretches of a country road. He moved leisurely. He neither slouched like a vagabond nor did he swing with a stride which indicated that h..

The Story of Electricity

John Munro

The purpose of this little book is to present the essential facts of electrical science in a popular and interesting way, as befits the scheme of the series to which it belongs. Electrical phenomena h..

The Valley of Silent Men

James Oliver Curwood

Before the railroad's thin lines of steel bit their way up through the wilderness, Athabasca Landing was the picturesque threshold over which one must step who would enter into the mystery and adventu..

The Veiled Lady, and Other Men and Women

Francis Hopkinson Smith

The Veiled Lady, and Other Men and Women is a collection of American short stories written by Francis Hopkinson Smith. This collection of stories has been labelled "The Veiled Lady" as being..

Tom Swift in the City of Gold; Or, Marvelous Adventures Underground

Victor Appleton

"Yes, dad, and about three feet high," went on Tom, referring to the letter to make sure. "It's heavy, too, no hollows in it, and these Africans regard it as a god. But that's not the strangest part o..

Woman and Puppet

Pierre Louÿs

About twelve years ago Oscar Wilde dedicated his beautiful Salome thus: “À mon Ami Pierre Louÿs.” At that time not many gentlemen in England knew the name of the writer who was to become famous throug..

Flower of the North - A Modern Romance

James Oliver Curwood

There was a chuckling note of pleasure in Philip Whittemore's voice as he leaned half across the table, his handsome face, bronzed by snow and wind, illumined in the lamp-glow. Gregson, in strong cont..

Nomads of the North

James Oliver Curwood

 Nomads of the North, A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars written by James Oliver Curwood. It was late in the month of March, at the dying-out of the Eagle Moon, that Neewa the ..