Classicly Books
The Meccas of the World
Ruth CranstonHere are the two prime motives waging war in the American drama of today. Time is money; whether for the American it is to mean anything more is still a question. Meanwhile every time-saving convenien..
The Negro Migrant in Pittsburgh
Abraham EpsteinThe main purpose of this study was not merely the attempt at a piece of research. The writer undertook it originally in the early spring as a student volunteer with the sole aim of doing his share in ..
Bob Bowen Comes to Town
H. Bedford-JonesThat evident recognition, that low murmur of confidential speech, that friendly slap on the shoulder, turned the trick. This Robert Bowen of Tonopah was manifestly known to the great Dickover; was pal..
Comparison of Woods for Butter Boxes
Grover Dean TurnbowThe production of spruce is somewhat limited in California, but there is an abundance of white fir and a limited amount of cottonwood available. However, the creamerymen have not used white fir and co..
Glow Worm
Harlan EllisonTwenty-three young men, routine volunteers, as fit as the era of war could produce, had been moved to the solitary block building in Salt Lake City. It was a cubed structure with no windows and only o..
The Missionary Sheriff
Octave ThanetThe sheriff examined the photograph, an ordinary cabinet card. The portrait was that of a woman, pictured with the relentless frankness of a rural photographer’s camera. Every sad line in the plain el..
The Thousand Buddhas
Sir Aurel SteinIn Mr. Binyon’s Introductory Essay there will be found a lucid exposition, by the hand of a competent expert, of the reasons which invest those paintings with special interest for the study of Buddhis..
The United Empire Loyalists
W. Stewart WallaceWithin recent years, however, there has been a change. American historians of a new school have revised the history of the Revolution, and a tardy reparation has been made to the memory of the Tories ..