Classicly Collection of Books

The Observations of Professor Maturin

Clyde Furst

In the present book, moreover, we shall be able to read the sayings of this philosopher of the cheerful mind as they have been remembered and recorded by one who, better than any one else at all, knew..

A Handbook of Modern Japan

Ernest W. Clement

This book endeavors to portray Japan in all its features as a modern world power. It cannot be expected to cover in great detail all the ground outlined, because it is not intended to be an exhaustive..

Early English Water-Colour Drawings of the Great Masters

A. J. Finberg

The exhibition which was opened in March of this year (1919) was neither superior nor inferior to those which had gone before, but it attracted a quite unusual amount of interest and attention. This w..

God Hath Spoken

Harris J. Dark

Every word in our principal clause is significant. Not only is it important that God hath spoken, but it is important that God hath spoken—that God is the one who has done the speaking. Just think wha..

Milestones in the Mighty Age of Steam - The Grasshopper and the Corliss

Anonymous

After the discovery of the power of steam, man toyed with the idea of a steam engine that could move itself. The implications of such an invention were far reaching. The first steps were taken in Engl..

The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake

Henry Timberlake

To 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 Chavasse

The 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 Morton

Isn’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..