Classicly Collection of Books

The Garnet Story Book

Ada M. Skinner

The stories in this collection were written by authors who had the precious gift of knowing how to entertain young readers with narratives of good cheer and happy frolic. Such stories are valuable bec..

The Goblin Groom - a Tale of Dunse

R. O. Fenwick

Goblin first made his appearance. That the minds of his readers may be as perfectly prepared, as he could wish, for the manners of the age in which it is laid, he apprizes them, that the poem opens on..

Wireless Possibilities

A. M. Low

A few lines of history are desirable here. I do not mean the history controlled by the fact that William the Conqueror made many important appointments in A.D. 1066 or that Stephen was particularly bu..

In Texas with Davy Crockett

John T. McIntyre

The two sat down upon chairs in the corner to discuss this new aspect. The men’s cabin was crowded with all sorts of travelers; and the clatter and rumble of voices went on with the regularity of the ..

Legends for Lionel - in pen and pencil

Walter Crane

ALL Lions have tails: some—like the one here—remarkably long ones. Some Lionels I know have “Legends” instead. The Lionel for which these were made is a great devourer of them, and he also has an appe..

Memories of My Life

Sarah Bernhardt

My father used to come to the house of my Aunt Rosine, who was then living at 6 Rue de la Chaussée d’Antin. He was on friendly terms with Rossini, who lived at No. 4 in the same street. He often broug..

Plet - A Christmas Tale of the Wasatch

Alfred Lambourne

The Christmas Eve! Ill time had chosen FateTo work her will and joy annihilate!Women and children lay beneath that snow,And many a bronzed cheek was touched with woe.Think not those men who toil amid ..

Researches Chemical and Philosophical

Humphry Davy

Early experience has taught me the folly of hasty generalisation. We are ignorant of the laws of corpuscular motion; and an immense mass of minute observations concerning the more complicated chemical..