Classicly Collection of Books

Our Little Philippine Cousin

Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

The Philippines are shared by many tribes, all belonging to the same brown race. People of one tribe may be found on one of these islands; those of a different tribe are living on another; or one trib..

Our Little Roumanian Cousin

Clara Vostrovsky Winlow

The Roumanian men and women are strong and sturdy, and the men are noted for their bravery and hardiness. So, among the Roumanian children, we find hardy, manly little boys and cheerful, if serious-mi..

Our Little Siamese Cousin

Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade

Many years ago there came to America two young men who were looked upon as the greatest curiosities ever seen in this country. They belonged to another race than ours. In fact, they were of two races,..

Biographical catalogue of the portraits at Weston, the seat of the Earl of Bradford

Mary Louisa Boyle

In this last work, to other stumbling-blocks has been added the pressure of ill-health and deep sorrow; against these obstacles I have fought as stoutly as I could, cheered on by the hope of giving sa..

The Tale of Bunny Cotton-Tail

Laura Rountree Smith

Late that night Bunny Cotton-Tail made up his mind to run away. So he crept out of his little house, and through a hole in the back fence, and was off. The great moon was staring down at him, and he w..

Men, Women, and Books

Augustine Birrell

Swift has unhappily written some abominable verses, which ought never to have been set up in type; but the ‘Legion Club,’ the verses on his own death, ‘Cadenus and Vanessa,’ the ‘Rhapsody on Poetry,’ ..

The Berserker

Charles V. De Vet

Ostby glanced into the full length mirror above the bar. The girl next to him was young and pretty. He shifted his glance to his own reflection. The mustache and the little patch of beard between his ..

How to plan a library building for library work

Charles C. Soule

On being asked to write on “Library Architecture” for this series I hesitated, knowing little about the subject except as applied to the insides of libraries. But on this limited branch I have had som..