Classicly Collection of Books

Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police

James Oliver Curwood

Philip Steele's pencil drove steadily over the paper, as if the mere writing of a letter he might never mail in some way lessened the loneliness. The wind is blowing a furious gale outside. From off t..

The Good Time Coming

T. S. Arthur

LIFE is a mystery to all men, and the more profound the deeper the striving spirit is immersed in its own selfish instincts. How earnestly do we all fix our eyes upon the slowly-advancing future, impa..

Tom Swift and his Great Searchlight

Victor Appleton

"I don't think so," was the opinion of Ned Newton, who was Tom Swift's particular chum. "You know when Mr. Foger lost all his money, the house was supposed to be sold. But I heard later that there was..

Uncle William - The Man Who Was Shif'less

Jennette Lee

Over the clams and the potatoes and the steaming kettles he hovered with a kind of slow patience,—in a smaller man it would have been fussiness,—and when the fragrant chowder was done he dipped it out..

Home Scenes and Home Influence

T. S. Arthur

Home Scenes, and Home Influence is a series of Tales and Sketches by T. S. Arthur. Many of the scenes presented in this volume are such as show the mother's influence with her children; a few include ..

The Home Mission

T. S. Arthur

IF it were possible to trace back to their beginnings, in each individual, those good or evil impulses that have become ruling affections, in most cases the origin would not be found until we had reac..

Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine

T. S. Arthur

THE highest, purest, best and holiest relation in life is that of marriage, which ought never to be regarded as a mere civil contract, entered into from worldly ends, but as an essential union of two ..

Off-Hand Sketches, a Little Dashed with Humor

T. S. Arthur

THE reader cannot but smile at some of the phases of life presented in this volume. Yet the smile will, in no case, the author thinks, be at the expense of humanity, good feeling, or virtue. Many of t..