Classicly Books
Battle Out of Time
Dwight V. SwainWhy was it always so between him and Ariadne? What was there about this slim Minoan princess that the very sight of her should make his firmest resolves melt? The women he'd known in his own world—the..
The Phantom Regiment
James GrantJack Slingsby stigmatised this under the denomination of "being spooney;" but as I have a proper abhorrence of all that slang phraseology which is peculiar to the university, the barrack, the clubhous..
Birds of Song and Story
Elizabeth GrinnellOne day there came a great spring freshet, the greatest freshet ever dreamed of, and all the land animals sought shelter in the trees and high mountains. But the water came up to the peaks and over th..
The Manhattaners - A Story of the Hour
Edward S. Van ZileLet it not be thought for a moment that the perfect self-control exercised by Percy-Bartlett indicated that there was nothing in his life to try the temper of either a saint or a howling swell. In fac..
Wages in 1873
Thomas BrasseyThe reaction against the International Society among the working classes in Belgium originated in a similar cause. In 1871, during the strike in Flanders, the International was unable to fulfil ..
You Can't Buy Eternity!
Dwight V. SwainBehind them, sand heaved at the base of the rock pillar that had been their first goal. A figure pushed up out of the drifted grit. It was the man from the carrier. Shooting quick glances to right and..
A Perfect Fool - A Novel
Florence WardenThis was self-evident, but Mrs. Abercarne did not like to be reminded of the fact. Her cousin, by a remote cousinship, Lord Llanfyllin, had forgotten her very existence years ago; but in the most sacr..
Anthony Wayne, 1745-1796
Randolph C. DownesThe following biographical sketch of Anthony Wayne was written by Randolph C. Downes. It was published in 1936 by Charles Scribner’s Sons in the DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY, volume nineteen. Both..