Rollo on the Rhine

Name: Rollo on the Rhine
Author: Abbott, Jacob

Abbott, Jacob

Rhineland (Germany) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile literature

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ROLLO ON THE RHINE,

by

JACOB ABBOTT.

Boston:
Published By Taggard And Thompson
M DCCC LXIV.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by
Jacob Abbott,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court
of the District of Massachusetts

Stereotyped at the
Boston Stereotype Foundry

Riverside, Cambridge: Printed by H. O. Houghton

[Illustration: ROLANDSECK AND DRACHENFELS.--See chap. 5]

[Illustration]

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 APPROACH TO COLOGNE,                      13

    II.--THE UNFINISHED CATHEDRAL,                     28

   III.--THE GALLERIES,                                44

    IV.--TRAVELLING ON THE RHINE,                      60

     V.--THE SIEBEN GEBIRGEN,                          77

    VI.--ROLAND'S TOWER,                               95

   VII.--ROLLO'S LIST,                                107

  VIII.--A SABBATH ON THE RHINE,                      117

    IX.--EHRENBREITSTEIN,                             135

     X.--ROLLO'S LETTER,                              141

    XI.--THE RAFT,                                    146

   XII.--DINNER,                                      168

  XIII.--BINGEN,                                      185

  XIV.--THE RUIN IN THE GARDEN,                       194

  XV.--RHEINSTEIN,                                    202

  CONCLUSION.                                         219

ENGRAVINGS.

  PAGE

  ROLANDSECK AND DRACHENFELS.               FRONTISPIECE.

  THE RIDE,                                            12

  COLOGNE IN SIGHT,                                    19

  THE BEGGAR,                                          31

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