Classicly Books
The Railway Conquest of the World
Frederick A. TalbotThere is the unfathomable fascination of romance connected with the construction of great railways, though little is known of the beginning and the growth of the great trunk roads of the world. This v..
Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources
Anton Von SchiefnerTowards the end of the ninth century, continues Schlagintweit, Buddhism was strongly opposed by a ruler who “commanded all temples and monasteries to be demolished, the images to be destroyed, and the..
A Warning to the Curious, and Other Ghost Stories
Montague Rhodes JamesThe curtains of the four-poster in the bedroom were closely drawn round four sides of it, and he put his finger in between them and felt in the bed. He drew the finger back hastily, for it almost seem..
Charles Neville Buck
Charles Neville BuckThe allegation that Love laughs at locksmiths has become more generally accepted than verity warrants. In point of fact the locksmith has never been altogether without the honors of war, and during th..
In Naaman's House
Marian MacLean FinneyTo think of Benjamin, who had never cared for any maid but herself! They had been childish sweethearts. Around her neck at this very instant was suspended from a grass-woven chain a bracelet of dried ..
Mr. Wu
Louise Jordan MilnLittle Wu was interested. He had read of such marriages and he knew that they really took place sometimes. He rather liked the scheme—if only he need not go to England for hideous years of wifeless ho..
The Cameronians - A Novel, Volume I
James GrantThe old Scottish regiment from which the following story takes its title, and of which the hero is described as a member, is on the point of losing its identity, and after the July of this year will b..
The Cameronians - A Novel, Volume II
James GrantHew, among other 'caddish' tastes and propensities, was fond of 'sherry-glass flirtations' at bars and buffets, where sham smiles are bartered for button-hole flowers, amid bantered compliments and ho..