Classicly Books
New Century Speaker and Writer
Henry Davenport NorthropMillions of young people in America are being educated, and hence there is a very great demand for a Standard Work showing how to express written thought in the most elegant manner and how to read and..
Upside Down or Backwards
W. C. TuttleRicky must uh kicked that bird for getting familiar, ’cause it comes right up into our midst with dangerous intent written on its countenance. I love birds. Maw used to have uh canary, and I cried whe..
Cactus and Rattlers
H. Bedford-JonesOnce Stovepipe Springs had been a boom mining town, but now it was dead and dried out. To west and north lay desert, to the south lay more desert and the Colorado. To the east was the Chuckwalla Range..
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, Fifth Series, No. 107, Vol. III, January 16, 1886
Chambers' JournalCommunication between the vessels of the fleet is effected at night by means of the flashing light worked on the short and long flash principle, invented by Captain Colomb, R.N. There are few sights m..
Life of Frances Power Cobbe
Frances Power CobbeThe story of the beautiful life which came to an end on the 5th of April, 1904, is told by Miss Cobbe herself in the following pages up to the close of 1898. Nothing is left for another pen but to ske..
Memories and Adventures
Arthur Conan DoyleDuring these first ten years I was a rapid reader, so rapid that some small library with which we dealt gave my mother notice that books would not be changed more than twice a day. My tastes were boyl..
Motor Camping
John Cuthbert LongThere are many thousands of acres of free camping grounds in the national and state public playgrounds. In addition, nearly every town west of the Appalachians has its camp site, while on the Atlantic..
Nick Carter Stories No. 137
Nicholas CarterLarry Dugan, Foxey, and Pet all understood this, and they had taken instant advantage of the odds in their favor. Pulling the two prisoners from one boat to the other, they had allowed them to lie dow..