Classicly Books
A Publisher and His Friends
Samuel SmilesA Publisher and His Friends, Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843. Preface from the book:When my Grandfather's Memoirs were publ..
Folkways
William Graham SumnerFolkways, A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals. Preface by the author:In 1899 I began to write out a text-book of sociology from material which I had u..
La Chartreuse De Parme
StendhalLe 15 mai 1796, le général Bonaparte fit son entrée dans Milan à la tête de cette jeune armée qui venait de passer le pont de Lodi, et d’apprendre au monde qu’après tant de siècles César et Alexandre ..
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
George Washington PlunkittPlunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County cou..
Richard II
William ShakespeareThe Life and Death of King Richard the Second, commonly called Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. The play spans only the la..
Sonnets of William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareShakespeare’s sonnets comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. (Summary from wikipedia.org)..
The Beginner's American History
D. H. MontgomeryThis little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to his larger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History. It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but is practical..
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
Charles E. BoltonMr. W.D. Howells, in reply to a literary society in Ashtabula County, Ohio, said that most people had within their personal experience one book.I have often quoted Howells's words to my best friend, w..