Classicly Books
Bottoms Up - An Application of the Slapstick to Satire
George Jean NathanAgatha did not answer. She could not trust her voice. There was a mist before her eyes. She sat there thinking, thinking, thinking. It was just a year ago tonight that Dave, her husband, had parted fr..
Subject to Vanity
Margaret BensonWe know very little more than she did about it, we know just the bare fact that it always will be so, but why it should be so we know no more than she. Who understands the miracle by which an utterly ..
The Strange Likeness
Harriet Pyne GroveShirley’s mother smiled. “It would be better for you to learn more definitely, daughter, just what your classical father is going to do over there. I can assure you that we are not going to bring home..
A Text-Book of Horseshoeing, for Horseshoers and Veterinarians
Anton LungwitzHorseshoeing is an industry which requires, in equal degree, knowledge and skill. Horseshoeing, though apparently simple, involves many difficulties, owing to the fact that the hoof is not an unchangi..
Nick Carter Stories No. 141
Nicholas CarterNick Carter frowned while he read this communication, so suggestive of sanguinary designs. Had it been written by the driver of the limousine in which Waldmere was seen to depart with an unknown woman..
Russian Silhouettes
Anton ChekhovStories of childhood: The boys. Grisha. A trifle from real life. The cook's wedding. Shrove Tuesday. In passion week. An incident. A matter of classics. The tutor. Out of sorts -- Stories of youth: A ..
The Poems of Felicia Hemans
Felicia HemansAt about the age of eleven, she passed a winter in London with her father and mother; and a similar sojourn was repeated in the following year, after which she never visited the metropolis. The contra..
Chambers's Journal - Fifth Series, No. 9
Chambers' JournalMeanwhile the harvest-work on the lands of Ringsford Manor was progressing rapidly—to the surprise of the neighbours, who had heard that Mr Hadleigh could not obtain hands, owing to his craze about th..