Classicly Books
The Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes
Francis A. CollinsThe aviator must venture in his frail craft upon an unknown and uncharted sea. The great problem is to ride the shifting air currents and keep the machine right side up. Although we cannot see the air..
The Hundred Cuirassiers
James GrantIn the following pages are narrated much of real life and adventure, with much that is historically true; but these passages I leave to the inquiring reader to discover or to separate. So great was th..
Buds and Blossoms
AnonymousI have some little children who are fond of listening to me while I tell them stories; but I always find, that when they are very much pleased with one, they ask these questions: “Is it all true..
Cousin Lucy at Play
Jacob AbbottThere was a box, or chest, of a somewhat singular character, in the house where Lucy lived; it was called the marble box. It was not really made of marble; it was made of wood; but then it was painted..
Illustrated history of ancient literature, oriental and classical
John D. QuackenbosThe present volume has grown out of the author’s experience in the lecture-room; and in the belief that it is of a scope and grade that will meet the popular want, he now offers it to high-schools, ac..
Rocks and Their Origins
Grenville A. J. ColeThe description of rocks has fallen very much into the hands of lovers of analysis and classification, and attention has been diverted, even among geologists, from their fundamental importance as part..
Some Problems of the Peace Conference
Charles Homer HaskinsThe lectures are printed substantially as delivered at the Lowell Institute last January, with only incidental revision. In the spelling of place names the official local usage has been followed excep..
The Aldine Speller: Part One, for Grades One and Two
Catherine T. BryceThe teaching of spelling must be done from a spelling book in the hands of the children, since the individual teacher does not have the time to prepare lists of words which will produce as good result..