Classicly Books
Barbarossa
Franz KuhnThe young reader will probably feel most interested in Barbarossa as a Crusader, particularly because in this connection appear the two young knights, Raymond and Conrad, who became the protégés of Ba..
Derval Hampton - A Story of the Sea, Volume 1 (of 2)
James GrantMary was indeed a lovely woman, but her slight girlish figure, and the bright tint of colour on her soft, Madonna-like cheek, seemed to speak of a delicacy of constitution, not quite suited for the ha..
Derval Hampton - A Story of the Sea, Volume 2 (of 2)
James GrantMr. Rudderhead meanwhile seated himself on a locker and leisurely proceeded to fill a clay pipe, while quite as leisurely surveying Derval. He was a piratical, bull-dog looking fellow, about forty yea..
The Vicious Delinquents
Mark ReinsbergKnowing where each tunnel led, my present choice was simple: by seven tunnels I could postpone an immediate showdown with Naomi, since these went to barracks and work rooms and supply centers. The eig..
Essays of a Biologist
Julian HuxleyMost of mankind, now as in the past, close their eyes to this possibility. They seek to put off their responsibility on to the shoulders of various abstractions which they think can bear their burden ..
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 4, October 1841
George R. GrahamBrother and sister! Alas! we are alone. Manhood has left us of that happy time only these emotions—first felt in the companionship of that now sainted being. But never shall we forget those days. They..
How Old Is It? The Story of Dating in Archeaology
James SchoenwetterThe absolute clock utilized most widely in archaeology is the historical record. Men have used calendars for a long time, and have often left records with written dates. On tombstones at a site in old..
How to Sing
Luisa TetrazziniSingers may be divided into two classes. No, I do not mean, as some might suppose, those who can sing and those who cannot, though that is a possible classification. I mean in this case those who sing..