Produced by D. Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) 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 EXCURSION, 194 XII.--THE ORANGE GARDENS, 213 ENGRAVINGS. PAGE THE ORANGE GARDEN, (Frontispiece.) TRAVELLING IN ITALY, 11 A CHURCH AT FLORENCE, 23 READING THE ARTICLES, 55 EMBLEMS ON THE CROSS, 63 ASCENDING THE MOUNTAINS, 67 SITUATION OF NAPLES, 77 VIEW THROUGH THE GLASS, 87 CALASH COMING INTO NAPLES, 111 THE ASCENT, 127 VIEW OF THE CRATER, 137 COMING DOWN, 153 THE MOSAIC, 183 THE PUBLIC GARDENS, 197 [Illustration: TRAVELLING IN ITALY.] ROLLO IN NAPLES. CHAPTER I. THE VETTURINO.