Classicly Collection of Books

Illustrations of the Author of Waverley

Robert Chambers

The person who held the situation in the rebel army which in the novel has been assigned to the Baron, namely, the command of their few cavalry, was Alexander, fourth Lord Forbes of Pitsligo. This nob..

The Boy and the Baron

Adeline Knapp

The rider on the highway heard the sound as well; but, to the children’s amaze, instead of pricking forward the faster, like a knight of hot courage, he drew rein and turned half-way about, as minded ..

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 09

Ambrose Bierce

The conditions under which we live may so alter that the sense of smell may be again advantageous in the struggle for existence, and by the survival of those in whom it is keenest regain its pristine ..

The omnipotent self, a study in self-deception and self-cure

Paul Bousfield

There is no hard and fast line between the normal and the abnormal person, and indeed a very real difficulty exists in even defining a normal person. If we take our definition of normal as being “aver..

The River Boss

Stewart Edward White

Jimmy had permitted himself two days in which to break out the rollways. It was done in two. Then the “rear” was started. Men in the rear crew had to see that every last log got into the current, and ..

With Sword and Crucifix

Edward S. Van Zile

With Sword and Crucifix- Being an Account of the Strange Adventures of Count Louis Sancerre, Companion of Sieur LaSalle, on the Lower Mississippi, in the Year of Grace 1682.Like a statue done in bronz..

Yellow Butterflies

Mary S Andrews

Out from the door of the house burst the laughing, shouting little lad. He raced across the grass and halted by the tulip-bed; there, with yet more shouts of full-throated baby laughter, he turned to ..

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes

W. D. Westervelt

Some such story as this outlines the tremendous events, explosions, whirlwinds, avalanches, lava flows, earthquakes, and fiery blasts which composed the narrative of the domain of Pele before man appe..