Classicly Books
Alfred Russel Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
James MarchantThese two volumes consist of a selection from several thousands of letters entrusted to me by the Wallace family and dating from the dawn of Darwinism to the second decade of the twentieth century, su..
An Englishwoman's Love-Letters
AnonymousIt need hardly be said that the woman by whom these letter were written had no thought that they would be read by anyone but the person to whom they were addressed. But a request, conveyed under circu..
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
Frances M.A. RoePerhaps it is not necessary to say that the events mentioned in the letters are not imaginary—perhaps the letters themselves tell that! They are truthful accounts of experiences that came into my own ..
Breakfast Dainties
Thomas J. MurreyThe importance of preparing a variety of dainty dishes for the breakfast table is but lightly considered by many who can afford luxuries, quite as much as by those who little dream of the delightful, ..
Favorite Dishes - a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
Carrie V. ShumanFavorite Dishes is due to the fact that the noble women who have labored for the best interests of mankind and womankind, in the development of the Women's Department of the World's Columbian Expositi..
Alfred Russel Wallace - Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1
James MarchantThe publication in 1859 of the "Origin of Species" marked a distinct period in the course of Darwin's scientific labours; his previous publications had, in a measure, prepared the way for this, and th..
Arohanui - Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
Shoghi EffendiThe letters in this compilation were written by various secretaries of the Guardian at his specific direction. Spelling and other inconsistencies are a reflection of the fact that different secretarie..
As A Chinaman Saw Us - Passages from His Letters to a Friend at Home
AnonymousSince the publication in 1832 of that classic of cynicism, The Domestic Manners of the Americans, by Mrs. Trollope, perhaps nothing has appeared that is more caustic or amusing in its treatment of Ame..