Classicly Collection of Books

Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.

Marietta Holley

Josiah 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. Brock

Pyrotechny 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 Gemmell

The 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 Calvert

Granada 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. Rowsell

The 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 ..

Riches and Poverty

L. G. Chiozza Money

While since 1900 nominal or money wages have been at a standstill, the cost of living has continued to rise. The retail cost of food in London rose 9 per cent. in 1900-1908. Therefore British real or ..

A Japanese Blossom

Onoto Watanna

The screaming child was alternately hugged and petted and fanned, until finally, his fat little legs kicking out in every direction, he was carried from the room by Gozo. Out in the garden, the big br..

A monograph on sleep and dream - their physiology and psychology

Edward W. Cox

In dealing with a subject so old and yet so new, I can do little more than suggest explanations of phenomena. I do not venture to assert them. Those suggestions are submitted to the reader to induce h..