Classicly Collection of Books

The Etymology and Syntax of the English Language Explained and Illustrated

Alexander Crombie

The Treatise, the second edition of which now solicits the notice of the public, is intended chiefly for the improvement of those, who have made some advancement in classic literature. That an acquain..

The Story of Alexander

Robert Steele

Perhaps you will find that there is too much fighting in the story: if so, remember that it was nearly the only game people played at in those days, so that it took the place of rowing or tennis, cycl..

The Youngest Camel

Kay Boyle

The early mornings were now a clear icy blue, but as the day advanced the heat blazed up as if a fire were sweeping across the heavens towards them. The youngest camel didn’t mind how hot it was and h..

By Scarlet Torch and Blade

Anthony Euwer

A number of the rhymes in the present volume have previously appeared in the Associated Press, Judge, Leslie’s, the Oregon Sunday Journal, and The Open Road. For permission to reprint the drawings the..

Moonglade

Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen

The parloir of the Sacred Heart Convent at Bryn is a cheerful place, and was full of sun-rays that morning. Plants carefully tended showed their green leaves and bright blossoms on the window-sills be..

Narrative of Henry Box Brown

Henry Box Brown

My book will present, if possible, the beautiful side of the picture of slavery; will entertain you with stories of partial kindness on the part of my master, and of comparative enjoyment on my own pa..

Plague and pestilence in literature and art

Raymond Crawfurd

This volume represents substantially the FitzPatrick Lectures which I had the privilege of delivering at the Royal College of Physicians in 1912. I have turned my attention, as far as practicable, onl..

The Isle of Demons and Other Poems

George Martin

The poems have been inspired by the history and the scenery of Canada, and in collecting them, and in issuing and publishing them, the author hopes to put in permanent literary form some of the natura..