Classicly Books
Father Thames
Walter Higginsom its mouth inwards to London Bridge the Thames is not the Thames, for like many another important commercial stream it takes its name from the Port to which the seamen make their way, and it becomes..
The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government
Victoria C. WoodhullThe Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government is a review of the rise and fall of nations from early historic time to the present; with special considerations regarding the future of the United ..
A Woman Ventures
David Graham PhillipsMr. Bromfield was not a “family man.” He had left his wife and home first to the neglect of servants, and afterward to the care of his daughter. As Emily grew older and able to judge his life-failure,..
Black Hawk's Warpath
Herbert L. RisteenTom and Ben had hardly arrived, when a coppery warrior got to his feet and launched an oration that seemed to the attentive boys to be both stirring and forceful. He was a tall, strong savage, of hand..
Dairy Disagreeables Busy the Bacteriologists
F. H. HallThis bitter flavor is not the same as the bitterness quite common in milk and cream at certain seasons of the year; as the milk itself tasted and smelled all right until well along in the process of c..
Waheenee: An Indian Girl's Story
Gilbert Livingstone WilsonThe Hidatsas, called Minitaris by the Mandans, are a Siouan tribe and speak a language closely akin to that of the Crows. Wars with the Dakota Sioux forced them to ally themselves with the Mandans, wh..
The Lives of Celebrated Travellers, Vol. 3
James Augustus St. JohnPETER SIMON PALLAS: This traveller, whose works are comparatively little known in England, was born at Berlin, September 22, 1741. His father, who was an able surgeon, entertained the design of educat..
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest HemingwayThat winter Robert Cohn went over to America with his novel, and it was accepted by a fairly good publisher. His going made an awful row I heard, and I think that was where Frances lost him, because s..