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Title: Rollo in Switzerland

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release Date: August 23, 2007 [EBook #22377]

Language: English

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ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND,

BY

JACOB ABBOTT.

NEW YORK:
SHELDON & CO., 667 BROADWAY,
and 214 & 216 MERCER ST.,
Grand Central Hotel.
1873.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by JACOB ABBOTT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.

[Illustration: ROLLO'S IN EUROPE.]

ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE.

ORDER OF THE VOLUMES.

ROLLO ON THE ATLANTIC.
ROLLO IN PARIS.
ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND.
ROLLO IN LONDON.
ROLLO ON THE RHINE.
ROLLO IN SCOTLAND.
ROLLO IN GENEVA.
ROLLO IN HOLLAND.

[Illustration: MONT BLANC.]

PRINCIPAL PERSONS OF THE STORY.

ROLLO; twelve years of age.

MR. and MRS. HOLIDAY; Rollo's father and mother, travelling
in Europe.

THANNY; Rollo's younger brother.

JANE; Rollo's cousin, adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Holiday.

MR. GEORGE; a young gentleman, Rollo's uncle.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--GETTING A PASSPORT, 11

II.--CROSSING THE FRONTIER, 31

III.--BASLE, 49

IV.--THE DILIGENCE, 60

V.--RIDE TO BERNE, 72

VI.-THE VALLEY OF THE AAR, 85

VII.--INTERLACHEN, 101

VIII.--LAUTERBRUNNEN, 118

IX.--THE WENGERN ALP,