Classicly Books
Apollo and Marsyas, and Other Poems
Eugene Lee-HamiltonApollo and Marsyas, and Other Poems, by Eugene Lee-Hamilton is a collection of poems and sonnets written by Eugene Lee-Hamilton. This collection includesAPOLLO AND MARSYASSISTER MARY OF THE PLAGUETHE ..
The Last Laugh
D. H. LawrenceThe man seemed relieved to get rid of the burden. He shoved his hands in his pockets again and sloped off across the road. The policeman, a queer look flickering on his fresh young face, put his hand ..
A Whirl Asunder
Gertrude AthertonClive walked idly about the little waiting-room. The walls were decorated with illustrated weekly newspapers, and the gratuitous lithograph. John L. Sullivan, looking, under the softening influence of..
Our Humble Helpers
Jean-Henri FabreThe pig and the hen, the goose and the turkey, the ox and the ass, the horse and the cow, the sheep and its canine keeper—these and many other old friends of ours in the animal kingdom are made to enl..
The Curse of Eve
Arthur Conan DoyleLittle qualms of anxiety came over Johnson as his wife’s time approached. However, after all, it was a natural process. Other men’s wives went through it unharmed, and why should not his? He was himse..
The Star
H. G. WellsThe newspapers insisted on the lesson of the year 1000—for then, too, people had anticipated the end. The star was no star—mere gas—a comet; and were it a star it could not possibly strike the earth. ..
Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter
Lilian GarisMrs. Burke, Cara’s mother, was rather pleased that her athletic daughter thought of anything so socially refining, for, as a rule, Cara cared very little for the amenities. She liked, very much better..
Icelandic Fairy Tales
Mrs. Angus W. HallFairy Tales seem scarcely to require any preface, but in publishing these quaint Norse legends, a few explanatory remarks may not be out of place. It is remarkable too that, whereas in most southern l..