Classicly Books
Checkmates for Four Pieces
William Brett FishburneCheckmates for Four Pieces written by William Brett Fishburne...
Lady Hester; Or, Ursula's Narrative
Charlotte M. YongeThe old times at Trevorsham seem to me so remote, that I can hardly believe that we are the same who were so happy then. Nay, Jaquetta laughs, and declares that it is not possible to be happier than w..
Light, Life, and Love - Selections from the German Mystics of the Middle Ages
William Ralph IngeTO most English readers the "Imitation of Christ" is the representative of mediaeval German mysticism. In reality, however, this beautiful little treatise belongs to a period when that movement had ne..
Outspoken Essays
William Ralph IngeAll the Essays in this volume, except the first, have appeared in the Edinburgh Review, the Quarterly Review, or the Hibbert Journal. I have to thank the Publishers and Editors of those Reviews for th..
The Victorian Age - The Rede Lecture for 1922
William Ralph IngeEach generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard. The prophet or pioneer, after being at first declared ..
Timothy Crump's Ward - A Story of American Life
Jr. Horatio AlgerMiss Rachel was not much like her brother, for while the latter was a good-hearted, cheerful easy man, who was inclined to view the world in its sunniest aspect, Rachel was cynical, and given to misan..
Escape, and Other Essays
Arthur Christopher BensonArthur Christopher Benson, FRSL was an English essayist, poet, author and academic and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is noted for having written the words of the song "Land of Ho..
God's Good Man - A Simple Love Story
Marie CorelliThe last breath of a long winter had blown its final farewell across the hills,—the last frost had melted from the broad, low-lying fields, relaxing its iron grip from the clods of rich, red-brown ear..