Classicly Books
The First
Edward W. LudwigIt was a moment of eternity captured long ago and still imprisoned in a wrinkled, yellowed paper. On it was the rocket, the Marilyn, which had been his home for fifteen years. Behind it, on a rise in ..
Twenty Talks to Teachers
Thomas E. SandersTwenty Talks to Teachers is an epitome of some of the discussions used by the author in teachers’ institutes. It is not a profound book. It was not intended to be. No one is expected to agree wit..
In a Canadian Canoe
Barry PainWhat a beautiful thing it is to lie at full length on the cushions, and see the sky through the trees—only the angels see the trees through the sky. My boat has taken me round to the back of Queen’s, ..
King of the Hill
James BlishThe corporal saluted, turned, took two steps, and faded. He did not vanish, but he did not go out the door, either. He simply receded, became darker and harder to distinguish, and was no longer there...
The Co-opolitan
Zebina ForbushEducation counts for everything, and if we had been taught that to stand on our heads an hour a day was essential to salvation most of us would observe that form without question. Some, however, are s..
The Ghost in the Red Shirt
B. M. BowerWe landed to visit a cave in the cliff, and Mabel and Clifford flirted outrageously. It wasn’t a bit interesting—I mean the cave. The flirting didn’t worry me: I was particularly nice to Professor Gol..
A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2
Lynn ThorndikeBesides preferring the learning of Arabian and other distant lands to the schools of Gaul, and favoring scientific investigation rather than unquestioning faith, Adelard also sets reason above authori..
Charles Robert Maturin - His Life and Works
Niilo IdmanIn the history of literature change means liberation. The intellectual aspect of a period having worn itself out, the forms which have supported it are felt to be a clog and a burden; and when these f..