Classicly Collection of Books

Es Percipi

Stephen Marlowe

Channing shook his head. "Even if I agreed with you, I couldn't do that. Wouldn't that be perfect grist for the propaganda mills on Sirius and Centauri, not to mention Deneb? Big Brother Earth goes ar..

Honor of Thieves - A Novel

C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

Miss Rivers shrugged her shoulders. “Not he. But you know what Mrs. Shelf is when she gets any show person at one of her functions. The poor man had to stand it for a while, because she held on to him..

Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct

F. B. Tower

The views which I have given of the important points on the line of the Croton Aqueduct, are from sketches taken for my own satisfaction. A description from such source, accompanied with detailed..

The Origin and Ideals of the Modern School

Francisco Ferrer

On October 12, 1909, Francisco Ferrer y Guardia was shot in the trenches of the Montjuich Fortress at Barcelona. Evidence sent in Ferrer’s favour was confiscated by the police; the witnesses who could..

The World of Flying Saucers

Donald H. Menzel

At a conference with Air Force officials in Washington in April 1952, he presented his idea that planetary mirages, sundogs, reflections, and other astronomical, atmospheric, and optical phenomena pro..

Newshound

McLeod found Overman, the City Editor, perched on a corner of his desk and barking orders into a microphone. "What do you mean, he won't jump? We said he'd jump. Coax him. Push him if you can get away..

The Life of the Grasshopper

Jean-Henri Fabre

The child is essentially conservative. Custom and traditions become indestructible once they are confided to the archives of his memory. We owe to him the celebrity of the Cicada, whose woes he stamme..

A New Story Book for Children

Fanny Fern

My mother was eminently social, and particularly fond of the society of young people; so much so, indeed, that my young companions were always disappointed when she was absent from our little gatherin..