Classicly Collection of Books

How to live - A manual of hygiene for use in the schools of the Philippine

Adeline Knapp

In a general way, we may compare the human body to three closed boxes, one above another. These boxes are the skull, the chest, and the abdomen. Each one has its own special contents, formed to do a s..

The Essays of Douglas Jerrold

Douglas William Jerrold

The essays collected into this volume are, as has been hinted, from various sources; the earliest dates from the late ’twenties, the latest from the last year of the author’s life. No attempt has been..

The Frozen North - An Account of Arctic Exploration for Use in Schools

Edith Horton

It is hoped that this book may give our young people sufficient knowledge of the subject to enable them to read farther with intelligence, and that it may also inspire them with interest in the many e..

Jingles

Frank J. Medina

THE SCHOOL HOUSE ON THE PLAIN’Tis not far from the foothills,THE SEA OF LIFESmoothly we sail o’er life’s mighty sea,THE TICKING OF THE CLOCKFar from friends and comrades,THE WILD AND WOOLLY WESTYou ca..

Quicksands

B. M. Croker

During this conversation Tossie was considering Ronnie with an air of fascinated attention; her eyes resembled two blue glass balls, and her gaze expressed undisguised approval. Ronnie and I were the ..

Floral Illustrations of the Seasons

Margaret Roscoe

In the arrangement of this Work, the Author has aimed at some degree of novelty in the design, as well as of utility in the information. To her own sex, to whose particular notice she offers it, she t..

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XIX, No. 5, November 1841

George R. Graham

It might be expected that a village so contiguous to a great city, would soon lose these distinctive marks of character, and that the extravagance, follies and vices of the metropolis would be general..

Perfect Companion

John McGreevey

Sheila looked at the contraption he touched, and a shudder of revulsion shook her. Once it had been only a few scraps of steel, a photo-electric eye, a couple of batteries, some condensers and relays...