Classicly Collection of Books

Graham's Magazine, Vol. XX, No. 5, May 1842

George R. Graham

But, in spite of these things, it was a gay and magnificent revel. The tastes of the duke were peculiar. He had a fine eye for colors and effects. He disregarded the decora of mere fashion. His plans ..

How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy Marriage

Clifford R. Adams

Girls in some age brackets will be hit harder than others, and we sympathize with the girls past twenty-five who feel they were passing the peak of the eligibility curve for marriage while many of the..

Kadjaman

H. De Vere Stacpoole

I asked Becconi to ask Tuan to listen and report, and Tuan said Ting wasn’t talking Dyak, but the monkey language. Seemed to think it a joke, but he was in dead earnest all the same. There is a monkey..

Smuggling and Smugglers in Sussex

Anonymous

Galley and Chater began to be very uneasy, and wanted to be going; upon which Jackson, Carter, and the rest of them persuaded them to stay and drink more rum, and make it up, for they were sorry for w..

The Invention of Typography

Frederick W. Hamilton

The writer believes that the history of any particular event is a part of the general history of the time in which it occurred. He has, therefore, endeavored throughout the historical portion of this ..

The Sin of Monsieur Antoine, Volume 2 (of 2)

George Sand

Janille kept her word, but Galuchet was too disturbed in mind to notice it. He felt more and more ill at ease in the presence of Emile, whose eyes and smile seemed to be always questioning him sternly..

Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

How bewitching is that humble softness of manners which humility gives birth to, and how faint are the imitations of affectation! That gentleness of behaviour, which makes us courteous to all, and tha..

A United States Midshipman in China

Yates Stirling

The present book shows the same young officers on a United States gunboat in the Yangtse River at a time when the lives of foreigners in China are in peril. A further account of their experiences in E..