Classicly Books
The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake
Henry TimberlakeTo unveil where the unnecessary and extravagance of it lay, became my duty; and I cannot say but I took some pleasure in detecting the person in the crime he so arfully had laid to my charge: It is, I..
The Physical Training of Children
Pye Henry ChavasseThe arrangement of the book is in the form of questions and answers. This is an excellent idea, the long experience of the author, as a physician, enabling him to suggest many important questions that..
Waiting for an Omnibus in the Lowther Arcade on a Rainy Day
John Maddison MortonIsn’t it a remarkable fact, that people no sooner get under cover out of the rain than they immediately congregate in a dense mass to prevent other people getting under cover out of the rain—I don’t k..
We're Off to Mars!
Joe GibsonFinally, Joe opened the package. He merely inserted his thumb into a conspicuous slot at the corner and pushed it around the top edges. The silver-gray material parted easily and the lid came off the ..
Discipline in School and Cloister
Jacobus XQuintilian wished to abolish flogging, and the only fault about his reasons was that they were addressed to barbarians who were not yet ready to understand. ‘I would like scholars not to be beaten: fi..
Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)
George Thomas ClarkAlthough the Western or Shakespeare’s Cliff is part of a larger range, the Castle Hill is better suited for defence. It is, in fact, an isolated knoll about 1,000 yards north and south, and 500 yards ..
Rebels and Reformers - Biographies for Young People
Arthur PonsonbyThere are many books about men of action—soldiers, sailors, and explorers—but it is not so easy to find any simple account of men who have used their minds and their pens, rather than the sword, in th..
The Fritz Strafers - A Story of the Great War
Percy F. WestermanNigel Farrar, otherwise Slogger, was a tall, broad-shouldered youth of sixteen. His nom-de-guerre was singularly appropriate, as indeed most nicknames bestowed by one's chums in a public school usuall..