Classicly Collection of Books

Legend Land, Vol 3

Lyonesse

This third volume of Legend Land tells some more of the old stories of those peoples, kindred in origin, the Welsh and the Cornish. They are mostly the old tales that have survived—who shall say how m..

Nimble Ike, the Trick Ventriloquist

Old Sleuth

The girl led the way back and our hero accompanied her; they ascended to the room from whence Ike had seen the girl issue and entered, the girl still leading the way. Ike beheld at a glance that it wa..

Samantha on Children’s Rights

Marietta Holley

Cicero Smith is now about fifteen years old, he is dull complected, kinder frosty and onwholesome lookin’, with great big round eyes, kinder pale and wild lookin’, some like gooseberries. His hair is ..

The Missing Will

Agatha Christie

Tired with our journey, including an eight-mile drive from the station, we had retired at once to bed after a supper of roast chicken, apple pie and Devonshire cream. We had now disposed of an excelle..

Woman: Her Position and Influence in Ancient Greece and Rome, and among the Early Christians

James Donaldson

In treating of Greek women I can only select prominent periods. And the first that comes before us is the Homeric. And here we require all the power of transporting ourselves into different times that..

A History of Epidemic Pestilences

Edward Bascome

The Author has endeavoured to place in fair review the various opinions of the most eminent historians (professional and otherwise), and would impress on his readers, that on a subject embracing so wi..

Korean Fairy Tales

William Elliot Griffis

Everywhere on earth the fairy world of each country is older and perhaps more enduring than the one we see and feel and tread upon. So I tell in this book the folk lore of the Korean people, and of th..

Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates Vol 1 of 2

Alexander von Humboldt

The twofold aim of the present work (a carefully prepared and executed attempt to enhance the enjoyment of Nature by animated description, and at the same time to increase in proportion to the state o..