Classicly Books
Pictorial Beauty on the Screen
Victor Oscar FreeburgIf I look upon a motion picture as a kind of substitute for some stage play or novel, it seems to me a poor thing, only a substitute for something better; but if I look upon it as something real in it..
Søren Hjorth - Inventor of the Dynamo-electric Principle
Sigurd SmithSøren Hjorth was born on the 13th of October, 1801. He spent his childhood at Vesterbygaard, an estate rented by his father, Jens Hjorth, in Jordløse Parish, north of Tissø. His mother’s maiden name w..
The Continent of the Future - Africa and Its Wonderful Development
The expedition under Gallieni is stated to have reached Saint Louis from Timbuctoo, having completed a survey for a railroad between those points, which is pronounced to be entirely feasible. He met w..
The Great Harry Thaw Case
Benjamin H. AtwellA great trial has come to a close. It has attracted the attention of the entire civilized world for three widely separated and distinctly defined reasons—the unusual degree of heart interest underlyin..
The Interpretation of Dreams
Sigmund FreudIf there has arisen a demand for a second edition of this rather difficult book before the end of the first decade, I owe no gratitude to the interest of the professional circles to whom I appealed in..
The Junior Trophy
Ralph Henry BarbourBert didn’t like Ben. He came to that conclusion just twenty-four hours after his arrival at Mt. Pleasant Academy. Ben had had his room to himself all the fall and resented Bert’s appearance on the sc..
The Millbank Case - A Maine Mystery of To-day
George Dyre EldridgeThe house is near the road on the easterly side. The winter snows are too deep to warrant building far from the travelled roads, and for the same reason the buildings are connected one with another, u..
The School-Girls in Number 40
AnonymousAfter all were seated and Mrs. Stanley had given the girls some directions about their journey, she said, “One thing more, my children. It is only six months since you both made a profession of religi..