Classicly Books
Among the Lindens
Evelyn RaymondIf Mr. Philipse Chidly Brook could have witnessed the delight with which his offering was received, and could have heard the running comments bestowed upon it, he would have been repaid a thousand tim..
Legends of the Black Watch
James GrantHighlander and Lowlander are now so mingled by intermarriage that there is scarcely a subject in the northern kingdom without more or less Celtic blood in his or her veins; and to this mixture of race..
Owen's Moral Physiology
Ralph Dale OwenReproduction or accumulation of identities similar to self is a common law of animal and vegetable matter; and the disposition to reproduce in all well-formed and healthy subjects is as powerful as hu..
Scatalogic Rites of All Nations
John Gregory BourkeThe philosopher Boyle is credited with the paternity of a work which appeared over the signature “B,” bearing upon the same topic. The anonymous author or authors of the very learned pamphlet “Bibliot..
The Pinafore Picture Book
W. S. GilbertWhen we get a National Theatre, at which all the best plays will be produced at the expense of the Public (who will also enjoy the privilege of paying to see the Plays after they have defrayed the cos..
Why We Love Lincoln
James CreelmanPerhaps the profoundly tender love which the American people have for his memory is to be explained by the fact that in the secret recesses where every man communes with the highest, bravest and most ..
Mozart's Youth
Franz HoffmannThe life-story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart contained in this volume closes with his admission to membership in the Accademia Filarmonica at Bologna, Italy. Mozart was then in his fifteenth year. H..
The Gift
Melvin SturgisThe man with the too big head and the serene features gazed softly at the witness stand. He remembered about the bird. He had been very young at the time and hadn't known, yet, that everyone didn't ha..