Classicly Collection of Books

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

John Loudon McAdam

The practical utility of some parts of the system is so obvious, that they have been acted upon in various places, without any desire of further improvement. It is uncommon now, to meet with roads rep..

The Complete Distiller

A. Heaton Cooper

Distillation, tho’ long practised, has not been carried to the Degree of Perfection that might reasonably have been expected. Nor will this appear surprising, if it be considered, that the Generality ..

The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. II (of 3)

Athenaeus of Naucratis

The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. II (of 3), by Athenaeus of Naucratis literally translated by C. D. YONGE, B.A. with an appendix of poetical fragments, rendered into engl..

The Social Ladder

Charles Dana Gibson

This is the seventh book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson’s published drawings. Each book contains eighty-four of Mr. Gibson’s best cartoons, and all are uniform in size, shape and binding. Thanks ..

A Narrative of Some Remarkable Incidents in the Life of Solomon Bayley

Solomon Bayley

Solomon is in connexion with that body of Christians, called Methodists; and my last communication from him, sufficiently evinces on what grounds he has believed himself called to the ministry. From t..

Eminent literary and scientific men of Italy, Spain, and Portugal Vol. 1 (of 3)

James Montgomery

It should not be overlooked, in mitigation of her occasional asperities, that, Madonna Gemma being the near kinswoman of Corso Donati, Dante's most formidable and inveterate rival in the party feuds o..

Two-Legs

Carl Ewald

The lion went towards them, as they came, but, when he stood before them, he suddenly lost courage. He could not understand this himself, for there was not another thing in the forest that he feared. ..

Inheritance

Edward W. Ludwig

Strange about that tune, he thought. He hated popular music, but in a regrettable moment of optimism he'd once purchased a second-hand battery video. After a three-day saturation with tooth paste and ..