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Title: Rollo in Naples

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release Date: February 2, 2008 [EBook #24488]

Language: English

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ROLLO IN NAPLES,

BY

JACOB ABBOTT.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY TAGGARD AND THOMPSON.

M DCCC LXIV.

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.

ELECTROTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON.

[Illustration: THE ORANGE GARDEN.--See page 218.]

[Illustration: ROLLO'S TOUR IN EUROPE.
TAGGARD & THOMPSON. Publishers--Boston.]

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.
ROLLO IN NAPLES.
ROLLO IN ROME.

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 VETTURINO, 13
II.--CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS, 37
III.--THE JOURNEY, 57
IV.--SITUATION OF NAPLES, 76
V.--PLANNING THE ASCENSION, 91
VI.--GOING UP, 106
VII.--THE SUMMIT, 131
VIII.--POMPEII, 157
IX.--THE MUSEUM, 174
X.--THE STREETS, 188
XI.--AN EXCURSIO