Classicly Collection of Books

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1842

George R. Graham

The 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. Tuttle

James 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 Harris

Far 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

Anonymous

Boggs’ 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. Graham

The 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..

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 3, March 1842

George R. Graham

The elderly lady was the mother of the younger, and likewise possessed the most aristocratic form and feature. Her eye betrayed a morbid, sentimental melancholy; about her mouth was an expression of r..

Modern Whaling and Bear-Hunting

W. G. Burn Murdoch

The publication of the above-mentioned book, and lectures by Dr Bruce and Mr Burn Murdoch, revived both at home and abroad interest in the Antarctic regions, and in 1897 the Belgica expedition followe..

The Bee Keeper's Guide

J. H. Payne

Since the first appearance of this little Treatise I am most happy in being able to state that Apiarian Science has in this neighbourhood and in the adjoining Counties, made very considerable advances..