Classicly Books
The Life of the Caterpillar
Jean-Henri FabreNovember arrives, however, bringing cold weather; the time has come to build the stout winter tabernacle. High up in the pine the tip of a bough is chosen, with suitably close-packed and convergent le..
The Wolfe of Badenoch
Thomas Dick-LauderIn the “Wolfe of Badenoch,” the author has adhered strictly to historical fact, as far as history or historical character has been interwoven with his story. He has felt, indeed, that this scrupulosit..
We Run From the Hunted!
Darius John GrangerWe stood with our backs to the Venus on the Half Shell sign running across the upper part of the cabin wall and waited. After a little while the small sportster's hatch swung out. We squinted at it th..
A Town Is Drowning
Frederik PohlMickey Groff wasn't much of a waiter. There wasn't a showdog's chance of a car stopping to help him, of course—even if one came by, they'd hardly be able to see him. Anyway, Sam's Grocery couldn't be ..
Irritability - A Physiological Analysis
Max VerwornThe lectures on irritability here published were held at the University of Yale in October, 1911. The physiologist, the zoölogist, the botanist, the psychologist, the pathologist, have to deal, d..
Let Us Kiss and Part
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh MillerMadame Barto’s ideas of a parlormaid seemed rather confused, for her gloomy little brick house had no occupants save herself and Jessie, and before business hours in the morning she and Jessie did up ..
Stained Glass Windows - An Essay
William Frederic FaberIndividualism, let us realize, is not what the Church should foster: though individuality, in its rightful place, be precious and sacred. The application here is not fanciful. Sadly absurd examples th..
Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals
A. E. PrattThis record of two years’ scientific work in the only country of the globe that has still escaped exploration purposely avoids the dry detail of a Natural History Report. During my brief residenc..