Classicly Books
California and the Californians
David Starr JordanThe Californian loves his state because his state loves him. He returns her love with a fierce affection that to men who do not know California is always a surprise. Hence he is impatient of outside c..
Late Lyrics and Earlier, With Many Other Verses
Thomas HardyAbout half the verses that follow were written quite lately. The rest are older, having been held over in MS. when past volumes were published, on considering that these would contain a sufficie..
The Long Ago
J. W. WrightThe Long Ago is a collection of English essays written by Jacob William Wright. The essays are The garden, The river, Christmas, Butter, eggs, ducks, geese, The sugar barrels, Jimmy, the lamplighter, ..
The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum
Wallace IrwinSo Complained Phineas Fletcher in his Purple Island as long ago as 1633. Three centuries have brought to the development of lyric passion no higher form than that of the sonnet cycle. The sonnet has b..
The Romance of Rubber
United States Rubber CompanyWe have undertaken to print this booklet, telling you how rubber is grown, gathered, and then made useful, for this reason: The United States Rubber Company, as the largest rubber manufacturer in the ..
Baree, Son of Kazan
James Oliver CurwoodSince the publication of my two animal books, "Kazan, the Wolf Dog" and "The Grizzly King," I have received so many hundreds of letters from friends of wild animal life, all of which were more or less..
The Forfeiture
Charles Rivière DufresnyI am a little less furious with Araminte. For a few moments I thought I'd won her over. But her character is subject to change. Agitating itself with several passions at the same time, in her burning ..
The Spirit of Contradiction
Charles Rivière DufresnyEverything I've planted is torn up. She's replanted all the weeds I tore out when I was grafting. She said they're wildflowers. Then when I planted the cabbages she said she now wants lettuces. Nothin..