Classicly Books
Plantation Echoes
Elliott Blaine HendersonThe music of the American negro, the fresh and spontaneous expression of a good and care-free heart, has long been one of the most pleasing features of American life. It is human nature in its first v..
The Law of Hotel Life
Robert Vashon RogersThe author knows as well as did old Burton that "books are so plentiful that they serve to put under pies, to lap spice in, and keep roast meat from burning," yet he ventures to offer another volume t..
A Cigarette Clew
Nicholas CarterNick discharged his revolvers, but the rush of his enemies was not stayed. He was assailed from all sides, and when he found the quarters too close for revolver work, he gripped the weapons by the bar..
Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of Rubber
T. O'Conor SloaneThe articles produced are of more than ordinary utility. These two facts give value to the art and furnish a raison d’être for this book. If its instructions do not prove practical it will have missed..
The Beginnings of America, 1607-1763
Richard B. MorrisThis is the first of a series of booklets containing the story of America, as told by those who were there, the eyewitnesses and participants. The selections which make up this booklet are a few of th..
Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony Simply Explained
Alfred Powell MorganWireless telegraphy, that marvelous art which has made possible the instantaneous transmission of intelligence between widely distant parts having no apparent physical connection save that of the eart..
Fabre's Book of Insects
Mrs. Rodolph StawellMy first introduction to chemistry was less fortunate. It ended in the bursting of a glass vessel, with the result that most of my fellow-pupils were hurt, one of them nearly lost his sight, the lectu..
Wanderings in Three Continents
Sir Richard Francis BurtonBurton was a many-sided man. The following volume of posthumous essays reveals him in the aspect in which he was best known to the world—as a traveller and explorer. It will add comparatively little ..