Classicly Collection of Books

Silver Rags

Willis Boyd Allen

The forenoon was spent quietly in the barn, in the capacious bays of which the mounds of fragrant hay had just been stored, still warm with the midsummer sunshine, and furnishing an occasional sleepy ..

The Book of Christmas

Various Authors

A Book of Christmas is a text-book of piety, friendship, merriment; a record of the real business of the race, which is not to make money, but to make life full and sweet and satisfying. It is a book ..

The Preaching of Islam

T. W. Arnold

The scheme adopted in this book for the transliteration of Arabic words is that laid down by the Transliteration Committee of the Tenth International Congress of Orientalists, held at Geneva in 1894, ..

Bees, Shown to the Children

Ellison Hawks

In this little book I intend to tell you something about my bees. I hope that you will be interested to read what I have written, and then perhaps, later on, when you grow up, you may keep bees, and y..

Greensea Island - A Mystery of the Essex Coast

Victor Bridges

This belief was increased by the faint but curious suggestion of reserve which seemed to linger in the background, even when she was speaking about the most unimportant matters. It gave me the impress..

Samantha in Europe

Marietta Holley

Alice wuz about sixteen then, and Adrian wuz about five, and wuzn’t they happy! My hull heart went out to ’em, and mebby it wuz that love atmosphere that wropped ’em completely round that made ’em gro..

The Cruise of the Scandal, and other stories

Victor Bridges

To offer a volume of short stories to the countrymen of Edgar Allan Poe and O. Henry is an operation which requires nerve. Not possessing the pen of Dryden, and being additionally handicapped by ..

William—The Fourth

Richmal Crompton

The Society of Advanced Bolshevists met next month in Robert’s room. William had left nothing to chance. He had heard Robert saying that he’d see no kids got in to this one, so he installed himself un..