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Title: Rollo in Paris

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release Date: October 11, 2007 [EBook #22956]

Language: English

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ROLLO IN PARIS,

BY

JACOB ABBOTT.

BOSTON:

W. J. REYNOLDS AND COMPANY,
No. 24 CORNHILL,
1854.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
JACOB ABBOTT,

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

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
G. C. RAND BOOK AND WOOD CUT PRINTER.

[Illustration: Restaurant (Cafe) on the Boulevards. Page 223.]

[Illustration: ROLLO'S TOUR 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.

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.--THE ARRANGEMENTS, 11

II.--CROSSING THE CHANNEL, 34

III.--JOURNEY TO PARIS, 56

IV.--THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES, 80

V.--THE ELYSIAN FIELDS, 100

VI.--A GREAT MISTAKE, 122

VII.--CARLOS, 143

VIII.--THE GARDEN OF PLANTS, 162

IX.--AN EXCURSION, 183

X.--ROLLO'S NA