Classicly Books
Through the Crater's Rim
A. Hyatt VerrillScarcely had the realization come to me when an arrow thudded sharply into a tree by my side and Carlos, with a wild yell of deadly fear, threw down his load and dashed madly away. Not an Indian could..
What Price Peace
Frederick J. LibbyMilitarist and narrow nationalist groups in every country flood the press with propaganda breathing fear or hate. A new race in armaments has started. Our Monroe Doctrine, in view of the growing impor..
As Others See Us
W. H. P. JarvisThe books mentioned are significant of a popular move. That this move should have originated in the “Land of the Free” is remarkable. That popular appreciation should have been held from the Canadian ..
Elsie's Friends at Woodburn
Martha FinleyMax’s face flushed more hotly than before, but he straightened himself and looked his tormentor full in the eye as he answered: “I don’t deny that I should expect a flogging if I should weakly yield a..
The Cruise of the Pelican
Henry Bedford-JonesA monstrous voice was that, a roaring thunderous voice that filled the dingy old back room with rolling waves of sound. Startled, Tom Dennis reached to the nearest electric bulb, switched it on, and d..
The River of London
Hilaire BellocOn the contrary, the note of the approach to London nowadays from the Lower Thames is a note peculiarly and strongly modern. It is as though the abnormal expansion of our perilous Industrialism in the..
The Virgins of the Rocks
Gabriele D'AnnunzioBending and breaking as they were beneath the weight of their own maturity, like autumn trees overladen with bounteous fruit, they were unable either to sound the depth of their misery or to give voic..
Water Reptiles of the Past and Present
Samuel Wendell WillistonThe author has had the opportunity during recent years of critically studying nearly all the reptiles described in the following pages, but, if that were the only source of his information, the accoun..