Classicly Collection of Books

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 363, December 11, 1886

Various Authors

Pausanias was a Greek gentleman, native of Lydia, in Asia Minor, a geographer and traveller, who visited noted sites in Greece with the express purpose of seeing and describing all that was most beaut..

The Poems of Richard Corbet

Richard Corbet

The author of the following poems (an account of whose life may be considered as a necessary appendage to these pages) is said to have descended from the antient family of the Corbets in Shropshire. I..

Twenty Years of My Life

Douglas Sladen

If I could tell all I know about the interesting people I have met, the book would read like my own Who’s Who re-written by Walter Emanuel for publication in Punch. As it is, the book contains a great..

Day of Wrath

Bjarne Kirchhoff

The Emergency Call had been instituted over two thousand years ago, after a disastrous invasion of the system by beings from some unknown part of space. Installed in all important etheradio stations, ..

On Translating Homer

Mathew Arnold

The frame of mind in which we approach an author influences our correctness of appreciation of him; and Homer should be approached by a translator in the simplest frame of mind possible. Modern sentim..

Reality Unlimited

Robert Silverberg

The huge plains of South Africa opened out before them. Hendriks turned his head, looking around in astonishment. The audience seemed to have disappeared. He was alone—alone in a world of yellowing gr..

Selections from Aunt Sammy's Radio Recipes and USDA Favorites

Anonymous

Aunt Sammy came to life with the first radio broadcast of “Housekeeper’s Chat” on October 4, 1926. The character of Aunt Sammy—wife of Uncle Sam—was created by the USDA Bureau of Home Economics and th..

Stories of the Wars of the Jews

A. L. O. E. (A Lady of England)

The works which I have chiefly consulted in compiling the following sketch, have been (in addition to the Holy Scriptures) the books of the Apocrypha, Josephus’ Wars of the Jews, the elaborate writing..