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Classicly Books

Peaks of Shala

Rose Wilder Lane

The wooden saddles were three-sided boxes made of peeled branches; padded beneath with sheepskins, they fitted over the ponies’ backs. On top of them our blankets were packed; saddlebags hung from the..

The Little Lady of the Horse

Evelyn Raymond

Mr. Calthorp bowed gravely and respectfully; and, loosing Steenie’s hand, bade her make herself ready for the table as soon as possible. She held up her face for a kiss, then sped away, thinking she h..

Tractor Principles

Roger B. Whitman

While tractors and automobiles are the same in general principles, there is a wide difference between them in design, construction, and handling, due to the differences in the work that they do and in..

War, 52 Carey Cartoons

Ray Smith

When the European War began, the subject did not appear very promising for cartoons intended for window display owing to the bitter partisan feelings the war engendered in the breasts of many whose an..

The Black Tiger

Patrick O'Connor

Things, Woody replied, rubbing the end of his nose with an oil-blackened hand, were pretty good. He knew what was coming. Bob was on the line and after a little more palaver would want to know whether..

The Play-day Book: New Stories for Little Folks

Fanny Fern

Two wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl; if the bowl had been stronger, my tale would have been longer.’ Then the minister laughed and asked me if I believed that; then I said ‘Yes, it is printed..

Riallaro: The Archipelago of Exiles

Godfrey Sweven

How deep the debt we owe him when we think of all he taught us! Beside it all else sinks into nothingness. And there is no way in which we can vent our gratitude to him but by telling his story to oth..

The Growth of the English House

J. Alfred Gotch

The object aimed at in the following pages is to tell the story of the growth of the English house from its first appearance in a permanent form down to the time of our grandfathers, when it lost much..