Novel e-books (3h to read) of Jacob Abbott

B.C. 356-336 The briefness of Alexander's career.--His brilliant exploits.--Character of Alexander.--Mental and physical qualities.--Character of the Asiatic and European civilization.--Compositio...

[Sidenote: Three great European nations of antiquity.] There were three great European nations in ancient days, each of which furnished history with a hero: the Greeks, the Carthaginians, and the ...

B.C. 280-249 Hannibal.--Rome and Carthage.--Tyre.--Founding of Carthage.--Its commercial spirit.--Gold and silver mines.--New Carthage.--Ships and army.--Numidia.--Balearic Isles.--The sling.--The...

Alfred the Great figures in history as the founder, in some sense, of the British monarchy.

1533-1536 Greenwich.--The hospital.--Its inmates.--Greenwich Observatory.--Manner of taking time.--Henry the Eighth.--His character.--His six wives.--Anne Boleyn.--Catharine of Aragon.--Henry disc...

B.C. 530-524 Cyrus the Great.--His extended conquests.--Cambyses and Smerdis.--Hystaspes and Darius.--Dream of Cyrus.--His anxiety and fears.--Accession of Cambyses.--War with Egypt.--Origin of th...

A.D. 870-912 The Norman Conquest.--Claim of William to the throne.--The right of the strongest.--Map of Normandy.--The English Channel.--Nature of the French coast.--Nature of the English coast.--...

1542-1548 Palace where Mary was born.--Its situation.--Ruins.--The room.--Visitors.--Mary's father in the wars.--His death.--Regency.--Catholic religion.--The Protestants.--England and France.--Th...

SCENE OF THE STORY The country in the vicinity of Franconia, at the North.

1600-1622 Born in Scotland.--The circumstance explained.--Princess Anne.--Royal marriages.--Getting married by proxy.--James thwarted.--Getting married by proxy.--James thwarted.--James in Copenha...

Rollo went to Rome in company with his uncle George, from Naples.

When Rollo was about twelve years of age, he made a voyage to Europe under rather extraordinary circumstances.

Holland is one of the most remarkable countries on the globe.

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.

Page THE ROYAL CHAMPION _Frontispiece._ SCENES OF CIVIL WAR 15 LUDLOW CASTLE ...

THE PARK, 12 MAP OF LONDON, 15 THE FIRST RAGGED SCHOOL, ...

The last day that Rollo spent in Paris, before he set out on his journey into Switzerland, he had an opportunity to acquire, by actual experience, some knowledge of the nature of the passport system.

Geneva is one of the most remarkable and most celebrated cities in Europe.

Chapter I. Journeying.

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 ...

In the course of his travels in Europe, Rollo went with his uncle George one summer to spend a fortnight in Scotland.

If ever you make a journey into Italy, there is one thing that you will like very much indeed; and that is the mode of travelling that prevails in that country.