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Jacob Abbott

GeorgieJacob Abbott Georgie THE LITTLE LANDING A short distance from where Rollo lives, there is a small, but very pleasant house, just under the hill, where you go down to the stone bridge leading over the brook. There is a noble large apple tree on one side of the house, which bears a beautiful...

Rollo's ExperimentsJacob Abbott Rollo's Experiments JONAS AN ASTRONOMER One day, when Rollo was about seven years old, he was sitting upon the steps of the door, and he heard a noise in the street, as of some sort of carriage approaching. A moment afterwards, a carryall came in sight. It drove up...

Rollo in HollandJacob Abbott Rollo in Holland Chapter I. Preparations Holland is one of the most remarkable countries on the globe. The peculiarities which make it remarkable arise from the fact that it is almost perfectly level throughout, and it lies so low. A very large portion of it, in fact,...

Rollo in ParisJacob Abbott Rollo in Paris Chapter I. The Arrangements Gentlemen and ladies at the hotels, in London, generally dine about six or seven o'clock, each party or family by themselves, in their own private parlor. One evening, about eight o'clock, just after the waiter had removed the ...

Rollo in RomeJacob Abbott Rollo in Rome Chapter I. The Diligence Office Rollo went to Rome in company with his uncle George, from Naples. They went by the diligence, which is a species of stage coach. There are different kinds of public coaches that ply on the great thoroughfares in Italy, to tak...

William the ConquerorJacob Abbott William the Conqueror / Makers of History PREFACE In selecting the subjects for the successive volumes of this series, it has been the object of the author to look for the names of those great personages whose histories constitute useful, and not merely entertain...

XerxesJacob Abbott Xerxes / Makers of History Artabanus and the GhostPREFACE One special object which the author of this series has had in view, in the plan and method which he has followed in the preparation of the successive volumes, has been to adapt them to the purposes of text-books in schoo...

Margaret of AnjouJacob Abbott Margaret of Anjou / Makers of History The Bridal Procession.PREFACE The story of Margaret of Anjou forms a part of the history of England, for the lady, though of Continental origin, was the queen of one of the English kings, and England was the scene of her most rem...

Rollo on the AtlanticJacob Abbott Rollo on the Atlantic PREFACE In the series of narratives to which this volume pertains, we offer to the readers of the Rollo Books a continuation of the history of our little hero, by giving them an account of the adventures which such a boy may be supposed to m...

Rollo on the RhineJacob Abbott Rollo on the Rhine Chapter I. The Approach To Cologne If a man were to be raised in a balloon high enough above the continent of Europe to survey the whole of it at one view, he would see the land gradually rising from the borders of the sea on every side, towards a...