Classicly Books
The Hunter's Lodge Case
Agatha ChristieI was in a fever of impatience to get at all the facts. Japp had two or three hours start of me, and his anxiety to be gone made me keen to be close at his heels.Mrs. Havering did not keep me waiting ..
The Laugh Maker
James Oliver CurwoodThe villagers had never seen anything like him, from his patent leather shoes and his gaudily striped waistcoat to his round, rosy, laughing face. He was so fat that he appeared to be short, though he..
A Guide to Mythology
Helen A. ClarkeThere is much talk nowadays as to the authenticity of the records of savage myths. Much of this talk seems to me futile, for a myth is not a fixed entity. Each successive narrator is almost sure to va..
Buddhism and Christianity: A Parallel and a Contrast
Archibald ScottThe lectures were drafted and in great part written before I read the very valuable works of Sir Monier Williams on Buddhism and of Dr. Kellogg on the Light of Asia and the Light of the World. I speci..
In the Garden of the Gods
William MacLeod RaineI did know him better. He would stick at nothing. Whatever else his smiling insolence covered, it did not hide any lack of courage to back his recklessness. He was the type of man that women find fasc..
Old Songs
Various AuthorsA collection of poems written by many authors includingA Love SongWhy canst Thou not, as Others doWith Jockey to the FairSweet Nelly, my Heart’s DelightWhat hap had I to Marry a ShrowThe Leather Bottè..
Self-Help Mechanical Drawing: An Educational Treatise
Nehemiah HawkinsIt is because of a personal and practical experience of the advantage to be gained by the possession of a knowledge of drawing, that the author is prompted to undertake the rather pleasant task of pro..
The Chinese Dragon
L. Newton HayesThe subject of this little book is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years. Eve..