Classicly Books
Lady Into Hell-Cat
Stanley MullenThe air in the Spacerat's Roost was thick with Fung-weed smoke. Heydrick mingled with the crowd inside the doorway and noticed men from every inhabited world in the Solar System. He spotted a vacant t..
Sidewinders From Sirius
Fox B. HoldenXenthl had pulled a dirty one. Forty years ago, the people of Iaaro, system of Sirius, under the too-able leadership of Xenthl, had finally made their presence known on Earth. For three centuries, the..
Catalonia & The Balearic Islands
Albert Frederick CalvertBarcelona has remained true to her traditions. She is still, as of old, a city of merchant princes, a hive of industry, at once the Liverpool and Manchester of Spain. To those who visit the capital of..
Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.
Marietta HolleyJosiah is a great case to tell stories. He takes all the most high-toned and popular almanacs of the day, and reads ’em clear through. He says he “will read ’em, every one of ’em, from beginnin’ to Fi..
Pyrotechnics
A. St. H. BrockPyrotechny is possibly the only art which can compete with nature; anyone who has seen a first-class firework display will admit that for impressive grandeur, colour effects, and contrasts of light an..
The Diamond Sutra
William GemmellThe Diamond Sutra is one of the most valued and widely read philosophical works in Buddhist literature. It is very popular amongst ardent Buddhists in China, and excepting the Lotus of the Good Law, a..
Granada and the Alhambra
Albert Frederick CalvertGranada and the Alhambra: A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palace.The Alhambra may be likened to an exquisite opera which can only be apprec..
Honor Bright - A Story of the Days of King Charles
Mary C. RowsellThe boy’s face did not, however, grow much brighter, and Lady Chauncy began to knit her stern brow again. “Come, come, your Highness is hard to please to-day,” she went on; “what is amiss with you to ..