Classicly Collection of Books

Ascanio

Alexandre Dumas

The anecdote of the presentation of the diamond ring by the Emperor to the favorite is told by Miss Pardoe substantially as by Dumas, but it is rejected by most historians of the time. There is no que..

Fiander's Widow - A Novel

M. E. Francis

Old Giles Stelling had always kept pace with the times, and had been among the first to adopt new appliances and avail himself of the lights which advancing science throws even upon the avocations of ..

The Cat's Paw

Natalie Sumner Lincoln

The man regarded her steadfastly across the table, his strong capable hands still holding the peach which he had been peeling. The silence lengthened, but neither seemed inclined to break it. Suddenly..

The Game of Go - The National Game of Japan

Arthur Smith

This book is intended as a practical guide to the game of Go. It is especially designed to assist students of the game who have acquired a smattering of it in some way and who wish to investigate it f..

The Golden Chimney - A Boy's Mine

Elizabeth Gerberding

Spread before them was the bay, dotted with craft. Across the channel the Marin County hills rose abruptly from the water’s edge. At Fort Point, which jutted out beyond the promontory on which they we..

The Road to Bunker Hill

Shirley Barker

Dick shivered and turned up the collar of his homespun jacket. “Maybe it has,” he said, “but it’s cold enough tonight[5] to freeze your gizzard. Hope there won’t be a frost, with the apple trees alrea..

The Story of Andre Cornelis

Paul Bourget

I was nine years old. It was in 1864, in the month of June, at the close of a warm afternoon. I was at my studies in my room as usual, having come in from the Lycée Bonaparte, and the outer shutters w..

Byliny Book - Hero Tales of Russia

Marion Chilton Harrison

This is a Byliny Book. What does “Byliny” mean? It is a Russian word, and it means stories about What-has-Been, what happened in Russia in the old days long ago. We all read about the Greek heroes Jas..