Classicly Collection of Books

Cousin Lucy at Play

Jacob Abbott

There 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. Quackenbos

The 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. Cole

The 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 Haskins

The 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. Bryce

The 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..

The Crater

Robert Gore Browne

Not much humanity for you to patronise: every thirty miles or so along the edge of the water a cluster of thatched huts providing a measure of shelter for a handful of savages who live on fish and man..

The Pagan's Progress

Gouverneur Morris

Those to whom he had been charitable brought the body of the great hunter to his cave, and laid it within. But first they carried out the clubs and the nets and the fish spears and the war spears, and..

Art of Love-Making

Anonymous

Finding she is not thus circumstanced, you call her by name, and say, “Would it be agreeable to you for us to cultivate a more intimate acquaintance?” You need not say it in a tone as serious as if yo..