Classicly Books
Knightly Legends of Wales
Sidney LanierThen Arthur and the men of his household prepared to go and seek Owain; and their number was three thousand, besides their attendants. And Kynon, the son of Clydno, acted as their guide. And Arthur ca..
The Black Cat (Vol. I, No. 1, October 1895)
THE J. B. WILLIAMS COThe day awoke in fog such as the oldest inhabitant had never seen. The East River was blocked with ice and soon became a shrieking bedlam of groping and bewildering craft, whose pilots could scarcely ..
Bantu Beliefs and Magic
C. W. HobleyIn presenting this work to the public, I would like to emphasise the belief that the field is by no means exhausted; all that I have been able to do has been done amidst the insistent rush of official..
Cricket
Elizabeth Weston TimlowHilda was not altogether a favourite, for she was apt to be both selfish and exacting, often a little jealous, and always determined to be first in everything. She was quick in all her studies but her..
The Thing Beyond Reason
Elisabeth Sanxay HoldingMrs. Enderby had advertised for a secretary, and Lexy had answered the advertisement. Mrs. Enderby had wanted personal references, and Lexy had supplied them, some five or six, of the highest quality...
Type and Presses in America
Frederick W. HamiltonThe great American printing houses of today are more and more the masters of their own craft, not the imitators of others. This condition is also true of the type founders and manufacturers of machine..
A United States Midshipman in the Philippines
Yates StirlingThese books are written in an endeavor to portray the life led by young officers in the naval service. The writer’s own experiences warrant the belief that the incidents are not unusual. The midshipme..
An Experiment in Altruism
Margaret Pollock SherwoodThe race fell short of its grandest possibilities, he said, in losing its hold on abstract truths. Devotion to an ideal was forgotten in the adjustment of human lives to one another, rather than to so..