Classicly Books
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia
Charles SturtNarrative of an Expedition into Central AustraliaPerformed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With A Notice of the Province of South Australia i..
The Belton Estate
Anthony TrollopeMrs. Amedroz, the wife of Bernard Amedroz, Esq., of Belton Castle, and mother of Charles and Clara Amedroz, died when those children were only eight and six years old, thereby subjecting them to the g..
There Are Crimes and Crimes
August StrindbergStrindberg was fifty years old when he wrote "There Are Crimes and Crimes." In the same year, 1899, he produced three of his finest historical dramas: "The Saga of the Folkungs," "Gustavus Vasa," and ..
On Picket Duty, and Other Tales
Louisa May AlcottThorn was a Massachusetts volunteer; a man who seemed too early old, too early embittered by some cross, for though grim of countenance, rough of speech, cold of manner, a keen observer would have soo..
Our Mr. Wrenn - The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man
Sinclair LewisThe ticket-taker of the Nickelorion Moving-Picture Show is a public personage, who stands out on Fourteenth Street, New York, wearing a gorgeous light-blue coat of numerous brass buttons. He nods to a..
The Story of Germ Life
H. W. ConnSince the first edition of this book was published the popular idea of bacteria to which attention was drawn in the original preface has undergone considerable modification. Experimental medicine has ..
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
F. Colburn AdamsPREFACES, like long sermons to fashionable congregations, are distasteful to most readers, and in no very high favor with us. A deep interest in the welfare of South Carolina, and the high esteem in w..
Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish
Lyman AbbottThis book was not made; it has grown. When three years ago I left the pulpit to engage in literary work and took my seat among the laity in the pews, I found that many ecclesiastical and religious sub..