Classicly Collection of Books

The Story of the House

Orman Wesley Ketcham

The 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 Smith

A 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 Cummings

It 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 Stirling

As 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 Stirling

In 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..

The Book of History (Vol. 1 of 18)

Various Authors

It is a book of history by writers and makers of history; it is a book of action by men of action; it is a book, that is, by men who know intimately the real life of the world. When Professor Ratzel w..

The Conscript Mother

Robert Herrick

The politician came to Rome and delivered his prudent advice, and the quiescent people began to growl. The ministers resigned: the public growled more loudly.... During the turbulent week that followe..

An Art Shop in Greenwich Village

Ray Cummings

When he had left the room I stood again before the canvas, partly enveloped in the great folds of the heavy window portieres. On the stairs outside I could hear the dragging footsteps of the old man a..