Classicly Collection of Books

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 3, September 1841

George R. Graham

Our retiring habits, in this particular, being thus understood, it will be seen at once that we have no design of arguing the point with the Old Song which we have quoted at the head of this paper. We..

Grey Wethers - A Romantic Novel

V. Sackville-West

A peculiar silence reigned over the village; no children shouted, and no young men or girls passed down the street with that exact air of energy and enterprise that youth alone can produce. Somnolence..

Migration of Birds (1950)

Frederick Charles Lincoln

The migrations of birds were probably among the first natural phenomena to attract the attention and intrigue the imagination of man. Recorded observations on the subject date back nearly 3,000 years,..

Prisoner of War

Randall Garrett

There wasn't much point in trying to break away, now. Marten was trapped—thoroughly and unarguably. The little scout ship didn't carry a tenth the power he would need to break from the grasp of the bi..

The New Year's carol

Johanna Spyri

Their boy was born on Saint Sebastian’s day and so received the name of his patron Saint, but was commonly called Barty, and the little sister who came two years later was for the same reason named Fr..

A Book of Medical Discourses, in Two Parts

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

In dealing with subjects that bring to mind thousands of premature mortalities, as, for instance, those from cholera infantum or pneumonia, I deem it expedient to speak only of what I know and to whic..

Beyond the Fearful Forest

Robert W. Krepps

The day of which I would speak first was a day of cheerful sun and small breezes, with that crispness in the air that makes a man stand tall and blink once or twice, and perhaps shout for joy. I did j..

Hashimura Togo, Domestic Scientist

Wallace Irvin

What are purpose of this Book? To teach Ladies be more kind while abusing their help. With very apologetic thumbs I acknowledge that Hired Girls is not perfected like other modern machinery. Too many ..