Classicly Books
Old Gold - The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig
George Manville FennOld Gold: The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig is a treasure troves fiction for young readers written by George Manville Fenn, a British writer. He worked as a teacher in Lincolnshire, until he became ..
Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome
Oliver GoldsmithPinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work,..
Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
R. H. GronowA collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful p..
The Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh
E. A. Wallis BudgeThe Babylonian Story of the Deluge as Told by Assyrian Tablets from Nineveh. The Discovery of the Tablets at Nineveh by Layard, Rassam and Smith.In 1845–47 and again in 1849–51 Mr. (later Sir) A. H. L..
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844
Various AuthorsOne of the admirers of Goëthe, commenting on his characteristic excellencies, has remarked that he is the most suggestive of writers. Were we to seek an epithet by which to describe the architectural ..
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories
Mark TwainThe Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is a piece of short fiction by Mark Twain. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in December 1899, and was subsequently published by Harper Collins in the collection ..
The Mariner of St. Malo - A chronicle of the voyages of Jacques Cartier
Stephen LeacockIn the town hall of the seaport of St Malo there hangs a portrait of Jacques Cartier, the great sea-captain of that place, whose name is associated for all time with the proud title of 'Discoverer of ..
The Pilgrims of Hope and Chants for Socialists
William MorrisThe Pilgrims of Hope appeared in The Commonweal between March 1885 and July 1886, its title being decided on with the publication of the second part. Sections I, IV, and VIII were included in Po..