Classicly Books
Contigo Pan y Cebolla
Manuel Eduardo de GorostizaManuel María del Pilar Eduardo de Gorostiza y Cepeda was a Mexican Spanish writer, dramatist and diplomat. He was the son of Pedro Fernández de Gorostiza, governor of the port of Veracruz, and the poe..
Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All
Hamilton Wright MabieLegends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People compiled by Hamilton Wright Mabie, an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer.If ..
The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories
Alice Moore Dunbar-NelsonThe Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson, an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the fir..
British Borneo
W. H. TreacherSir William Hood Treacher KCMG was a British colonial administrator in Borneo and the Straits Settlements. He founded the Anglo Chinese School in Klang on 10 March 1893...
Pearl and Periwinkle
Anna GraetzPearl and Periwinkle is a novel for children written by Anna Graetz. Excerpts from the book:But even he would have felt sorry for Miss Hetty this morning. To adopt two children when you know noth..
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus
Jacob AbbottIn respect to the heroes of ancient history, who lived in times antecedent to the period when the regular records of authentic history commence, no reliance can be placed upon the actual verity of the..
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
Samuel JohnsonIn this enchanting fable (subtitled The Choice of Life), Rasselas and his retinue burrow their way out of the totalitarian paradise of the Happy Valley in search of that triad of eighteenth-century as..
The Lerouge Case
Emile GaboriauBougival is a pleasant riverside village, peopled on Sundays by crowds of boating parties. Trifling offences are frequently heard of in its neighbourhood, but crimes are rare.The commissary of police ..