Classicly Books
More Beetles
Jean-Henri FabreThis life of junketing has already lasted a fortnight without producing satiety. Such a protracted banquet is not frequent; we do not find it even in the Dung-beetles, who are zealous eaters. When the..
Return to Gone-Away
Elizabeth EnrightThe Villa Caprice, the Blakes' new possession, was set a short distance beyond Gone-Away, surrounded by woods and a tangle of vine-woven hedges. It had belonged, many years before, to a strong-minded ..
The Memoirs of a Failure
Daniel Wright KittredgeThe truth is, no one ever knew Dunlevy well. So far as I am aware he had not a single intimate friend. He walked alone. I used to see him on winter afternoons going up Brattle Street, carrying his hea..
The Story of the House
Orman Wesley KetchamThe Story of the House: Being Some Suggestions in Brickwork from the Catalogue of O. W. Ketcham. The brick forms shown in Part Two are only suggestive of the various shapes in use, as the require..
The Box of Smiles, and Other Stories
Laura Rountree SmithA collection of fairy tales written for the children by Laura Rountree Smith contains the stories titled as.THE BOX OF SMILESTHE FAIRY SHOEMAKERTELL-TALE AND TATTLE TOOLITTLE STAY-AT-HOME AND THE..
The Light Machine
Ray CummingsIt was a large room with endless row of bottles upon tiers of shelves lining its walls. Several long tables stood about, and Tubby saw they were crowded with curious apparatus—little tubes in racks, m..
A United States Midshipman Afloat
Yates StirlingAs soon as the short meal was over Phil went to his room and changed his uniform, donning the oldest he owned, but the bright lace and lustrous braid was in great contrast to the uniforms of those off..
A United States Midshipman in the South Seas
Yates StirlingIn this story Midshipmen Phil Perry and Sydney Monroe, together with Boatswain’s Mate “Jack” O’Neil, act through an historic drama of a South Sea war.In “A United States Midshipman in Japan,” they dis..