Classicly Books
Lessons in Sabre
John Musgrave WaiteIt is true that to many of those who learn how to handle the sabre this matter is not of much importance, inasmuch as what they seek is a healthy and interesting exercise, and as they are ixnot likely..
Researches on the Visual Organs of the Trilobites
Gustaf LindstromBefore proceeding further I shall give a general representation of the shape of the hypostoma. This enigmatic part of the trilobite skeleton resembles as to its outline a heraldic shield being broad a..
THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS.
Thomas HeywoodThe Late Lancashire Witches and the Wise Woman of Hogsdon are comedies of English life, without that element of romantic interest which Heywood usually added to the domestic drama. The plot of the lat..
The Big Idea
Ray CummingsJimmy Rand was by nature a dreamer. He had imagination, which, to one who mines coal, is neither necessary nor desirable. It was not the hours of active work in the mine that proved irksome to him. St..
The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young, Vol. 4
Richard NewtonJohnny was perplexed. He knew there must be some way of answering his father, but he did not know exactly how to do it. The right[10] thing would have been for him to say that, when our parents tell u..
Against the Tide
John WycliffeMacgowan, not at all astonished by the information just confided to him, searched the face of Deming. He read there confirmation of Slosson's words. Indubitably, the man was keenly worried. That elder..
A Secret Service: Being Strange Tales of a Nihilist
William Le QueuxRevolutionists are the creation of circumstances, of the general discontent of the people, of the striving of Russia after a new social framework. Discontent only grows the more when it is repressed. ..
Chit-chat, or Short Tales in Short Words
Maria Elizabeth BuddenThe two girls were good friends, and it was rare for them to frown or scold: one day, to be sure, they had a few harsh words, and Kate gave Blanche a blow on the face. The blow hurt Kate's heart more ..