Classicly Collection of Books

Decidedly Odd

Edwin Balmer

The sentence ended with a bump, as Cuthbert Edwards slammed his receiver back upon its hook. The psychologist, who would have recognized the name—even if not forewarned by the communication he had rec..

George Helm

David Graham Phillips

So, George Helm’s beard may have had more to do with his destiny than his conventional biographers will ever concede. He ceased to be a comet. But he did not cease to attract attention. And his awkwar..

Little Dinners With the Sphinx, and Other Prose Fancies

Richard Le Gallienne

A collection of short stories with titles as Little dinners with the Sphinx ,The death of the poet ,The butterfly of dreams ,My castle in Spain ,Once-upon-a-time ,The little joys of Margaret ,What's i..

The Booke of the Universall Kirk of Scotland

Alexander Peterkin

The subsequent history of these volumes—the best, perhaps, that can now be given—is to be found in a “Statement” concerning[iii] them, drawn up by Dr John Lee, the present Clerk of the General Assembl..

The dawn of astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer

Dr. Wallis Budge and Captain Lyons, R.E., have rendered continual help while this book has been in progress, and I cannot sufficiently thank them; to the first-named I am especially indebted for looki..

The Fireless Locomotive

Anonymous

The Rubicon ran three or four hours on a charge, depending on the work load. Normally, three or four daily trips were made to the roundhouse, to exchange a “tired” engine for a freshly-charged one. Ei..

The Old Mill and the Covered Bridge

Anonymous

The old grist mill was a sort of community center for the people of the adjacent countryside. The “jolly miller”, as he has been designated in song and story, like the New England tavern keeper of the..

Lie on the Beam

John Victor Peterson

The fog certainly was settling in on Pali-Vanyi port! Usually the Hump, the five thousand foot mountain range which runs along the east of the field, breaks the storm winds which blow in intermittentl..