Classicly Books
The Lighter Classics in Music
David EwenAdolphe-Charles Adam, eminent composer of comic operas, was born in Paris on July 24, 1803. He attended the Paris Conservatory, where he came under the decisive influence of Fr..
Slaves to the Metal Horde
Stephen MarloweJohnny shrugged, feeling the weight of a knowledge and wisdom beyond his years. "I am twenty-three," he said. "I was an infant when the War ended. Yet my father could teach me certain things and other..
The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan
Charles Abraham EltonThe remains of Hesiod are not alone interesting to the antiquary, as tracing a picture of the rude arts and manners of the ancient Greeks. Hesiod has been translated in Latin hexameters by Nicola..
Forest Trees and Forest Scenery
G. Frederick SchwarzIn the ensuing pages I have made simple inquiries into the sources of beauty and attractiveness in American forest trees and sylvan scenery. In a word, forestry interests us here because, having ..
The Canary Islands
Florence Du CanePossibly there are many other people as ignorant as I was myself on my first visit to the Canaries on the subject of cochineal. Beyond the fact that cochineal was a red dye and used occasionally as a ..
The Proof of the Pudding
Meredith NicholsonThe John Cecil Eaton thus limned was not the austere person Nan knew. Her Eaton was a sedate gentleman who made cryptic remarks to her at parties and was known to be exceedingly conservative in social..
A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Dwight B. HeathAny good book must mean many things to many readers, and this journal offers more than just reflections of past glories and intimations of great tragedy. It is a primary source for Ameri..
A Soldier’s Diary
Ralph ScottLord Robert Cecil has said that he is amazed at the false picture of war given by the history books, and that he trusts that the historians of the future will give us a better picture of what war real..