Classicly Books
The Goddess - A Demon
Richard MarshA vague wonder passed through my mind as to whether her object might not be felony. She had left the window open—I could feel the cool night-air—and stood inside it, as if listening. Was she endeavour..
The Tournament—Its Periods and Phases
R. Coltman ClephanThe Tournament, as practised in Germany and towards the close of the sixteenth century in England, France and Italy, must have been a rather dull performance, as the minute regulations and the cumbers..
A West Point Treasure
Frederick GarrisonThe Parson was just the same old parson he was the day he first struck West Point. Frequent hazings had not robbed him of his quiet and classic dignity; and still more frequent battles with “the enemy..
From the Land of the Snow-Pearls - Tales from Puget Sound
Ella HigginsonDemaris moved about the room stiffly, as if every muscle in her body were in rebellion. She took from a closet filled with drugs the big camphor bottle with its cutglass stopper, the little bottle lab..
Seeking His Fortune, and Other Dialogues
Jr. Horatio AlgerNearly all the dialogues in the present collection were originally contributed to a juvenile magazine in New York. Many of them have been used at exhibitions in different parts of the country, and met..
A China cup, and other stories for children
Felix VilkhovskyA waggon drove to the great pit dug in the clay—not common clay, but such as china vessels are made of. A man with an iron spade jumped from the waggon; he entered the pit and began to dig the clay. A..
The Arnold Bennett Calendar
Arnold BennettEnoch Arnold Bennett was born at Hanley-in-the-Potteries (one of the “Five Towns” frequently appearing in his writings) on 27th May 1867. He was educated at the endowed Middle School, Newcastle-under-..
The Castlecourt Diamond Mystery
Geraldine BonnerLord Castlecourt was so fond of her he’d have forgiven her anything. They’d been married five years when I entered my lady’s service, and he was as much in love with her as if he’d been married but a ..