Classicly Collection of Books

Hints on the History and Management of the Honey Bee

Edward Bevan

The quantity which they collect in this way is often surprising, considering how small a portion is imported on each excursion. I have just stated that, with the exception of those seasons when honey-..

Massage & Exercises Combined

Albrecht Jensen

The simplicity of its technic together with its ready personal application make it possible for any individual to achieve excellent results from its use. In working out a practical presentation of thi..

Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter

W. F. White

There are a variety of purposes to which ornamental glass gilding may be applied besides sign work, shop fronts or glass doors. It is now much used for show cases, window tablets, druggists’ bottles, ..

The Honey-Bee: Its Natural History, Physiology and Management

Edward Bevan

Although the great addition which has of late been made to our knowledge of the honey-bee, may seem to render a reference to ancient writers comparatively unimportant; yet a few prefatory observations..

The Hunting Wasps

Jean-Henri Fabre

There are for each one of us, according to his turn of mind, certain books that open up horizons hitherto undreamed of and mark an epoch in our mental life. They fling wide the gates of a new world wh..

The Sacred Tree

Murasaki Shikibu

GENJI is an illegitimate son of the Emperor; his mother dies soon after his birth. At the age of twelve he is affianced to Lady Aoi, the daughter of the Minister of the Left; but she is older than he ..

Their Child

Robert Herrick

Simmons stumbled across the hall and up the dark staircase. The coming storm had suddenly blackened all the house. The open doors of the bedrooms sucked out the swaying air that came in puffs from the..

History of Iridotomy

S. Lewis Ziegler

It is difficult for us to appreciate the conditions which brought about so large a percentage of cases of pupillary occlusion. Crude surgical procedures, poor operative technic and the utter lack of a..