Leopold Classic Library

New series of classic books

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Discover the works of this five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature at our website.

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Find more of Samuel Johnson's remarkable insights here.

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An excerpt from the poem "Viking-throes" by Darrell Figgis. Read more of his poetry in "A Vision of Life; Poems."

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Read his stories about Tarzan, one of the best-known literary characters in the world, here.

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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Edited and Arranged by Jean Marian Matthew Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford.

This creation of classic Christian literature describes the path of a person who seeks God, his doubts, repentance and the process of spiritual growth. The events are portrayed as the retelling of a dream, which illustrates the spiritual processes of the soul and the spiritual world invisible to the human eye.

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Billy Sunday's "The Man and His Message." Words that have brought thousands to Christ.

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Christmas, Its Origin and Associations, Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries depicting:

memorable celebrations, stately meetings of early kings, remarkable event, romantic episodes, brave deeds, picturesque customs, time-honoured sports, royal Christmases, coronations and royal marriages, chivalric feats, court banquetings and revellings, Christmas at the colleges and the Inns of court, popular festivities, and Christmas-keeping in different parts of the world, derived from the most authentic sources, and arranged chronologically.

Compiled by William Francis Dawson.

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A Christmas Carol

Known by everybody, this is one of the best works written by Charles Dickens. The novella tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy miser who hates Christmas with all his heart, and his transformation into a gentle, kind and caring man after visitations of the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. “A Christmas Carol" remains popular, having never been out of print. One could easily say it is the perfect book for those who truly appreciate Christmas.

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Books for Christmas

Christmas is the most wonderful season for the whole family. All of us, children and adults, are waiting for this celebration in joyful anticipation. We would be more than happy to bring you more Christmas joy with this list of books for the holidays.

At home, at sea, in many distant lands, This Kingly Feast without a rival stands!

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Speakin' o' Christmas, and Other Christmas and Special Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This collection of poems dedicated to Christmas was published in 1914 and was written by the prolific author who is known as one of the first African-American writers that established an international reputation. He wrote a dozen books of poetry, four books of short stories, four novels, lyrics for a musical, and a play. He wrote the lyrics for the musical comedy In Dahomey, the first all-African-American musical produced on Broadway in New York.

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Under the Evergreens; Or, A Night with St. Nicholas

This simple story is but the elaboration of an old idea, — a new house on an ancient foundation. It was suggested by Dickens's "Christmas Carol;" and every reader conversant with that masterpiece of fiction will readily perceive that Mr. Scrooge is the prototype of Mr. Hezekiah Jonah.

Originally it was prepared for the entertainment of the Sabbath School. The story became popular and was published to enlighten readers. The author hoped the book would create "an humble place in the hearts of those who love a " Merry Christmas."

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The best Friday advice of Benjamin Franklin. Read his immortal thoughts on different subjects here.

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René Descartes is one of the key figures in the scientific revolution. Find his well-known work "Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the science" here.

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Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

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Our American Holidays; Thanksgiving: Its Origin, Celebration, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse.

Excerpt from the book:

"Every autumn in school and home recurs the need for a collection of literature on Thanksgiving, an anthology comprehensive enough to include all the best that has been written about this intensely American holiday. For years the imperative ungratified demand for such a book has almost suggested a dark conspiracy among literary folk, - a conspiracy which the present volume is intended to thwart. It brings to children of all ages all the best poems, essays, plays and stories of Thanksgiving. And its scope is yet wider."