Classicly Collection of Books

The British Barbarians

Grant Allen

The story is preceded by an introduction which, although it may appear to have no connection with the story itself, the reader is earnestly besought by the author to read. The introduction begins as a..

An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent, and the Principles by Which It is Regulated

T. R. Malthus

The following tract contains the substance of some notes on rent, which, with others on different subjects relating to political economy, I have collected in the course of my professional duties at th..

Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn

T. R. Malthus

A revision of the corn laws, it is understood, is immediately to come under the consideration of the legislature. That the decision on such a subject, should be founded on a correct and enlightened vi..

The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn Intended as an appendix to "Observations on the corn laws"

T. R. Malthus

The professed object of the Observations on the Corn Laws, which I published in the spring of 1814, was to state with the strictest impartiality the advantages and disadvantages which, in the actual c..

Studies from Court and Cloister

J.M. Stone

These studies on various crucial points connected with the history of religion in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages, its decline, revival, and the causes which led to both, have already appeared ..

Sun-Up, and Other Poems

Lola Ridge

Lola Ridge (12 December 1873 Dublin – 19 May 1941 Brooklyn) was an anarchist poet and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications best remembered for her long poems and po..

The Ghetto and Other Poems

Lola Ridge

Lola Ridge (12 December 1873 Dublin – 19 May 1941 Brooklyn) was an anarchist poet and an influential editor of avant-garde, feminist, and Marxist publications best remembered for her long poems and po..

Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia

Charles Sturt

The completion of this Work affords me the opportunity I have long desired of thanking your Lordship thus publicly, for the kindness with which you acceded to my request to be permitted to dedicate it..