Classicly Books
Autumn Leaves
Ardelia Maria Cotton BartonAutumn Leaves was in the hands of the Publisher (Bruce Brough) at the time of the Great Fire of April, 1906, and not a single page of the original manuscript was saved. I could only recall a few title..
Dixie Kitten
Eva March TappanDixie grew until she was much larger than when she first lived in the nest in the hay, and she learned a number of things from Mothercat. She learned that to keep her fur clean and dainty she must was..
Dr. Paull's Theory: A Romance
Alice M. DiehlKilby was a picturesque village among the Derbyshire hills. A stream ran through the smiling little valley. It meandered through the rectory grounds. There was no regular village street. There were gr..
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1842
George R. GrahamThe family of Jeanie was poor but virtuous, like thousands of others scattered all over the hills and vales of Scotland. Her father had once seen better days, having been indeed a farmer in a small wa..
The Buckaroo of Blue Wells
W. C. TuttleJames was being paid the munificent sum of seventy dollars a month. He happened to know that David Conley drew one hundred and fifty dollars in his monthly envelope. James shook his head and shifted h..
The honey-bee: its nature, homes and products
William Hetherington HarrisFar back in historic time there are records that man had learnt the value of the bee. The book of Job—probably the oldest of our sacred Scriptures—contains a reference to honey. The Pentateuch, the Ch..
Born to Good Luck
AnonymousBoggs’ method was to hire a stout boy or an able-bodied, newly arrived foreigner for a period of six months, with the understanding that if the hand quit work before the end of the stipulated term of ..
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 2, February 1842
George R. GrahamThe night after the rescue of the passengers and crew of the brig was to me a restless one. I could not sleep. Hour after hour I lay in my hammock eagerly courting repose, but unable to find it, for t..