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Title: Rollo in Holland

Author: Jacob Abbott

Release Date: October 12, 2007 [EBook #22972]

Language: English

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ROLLO IN HOLLAND,

BY

JACOB ABBOTT.

BOSTON: BROWN, TAGGARD & CHASE,

SUCCESSORS TO W. J. REYNOLDS & CO., 25 & 29 CORNHILL.

1857.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
JACOB ABBOTT,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. Damrell & Moore, Printers, Boston.

[Illustration: ROLLO IN HOLLAND.]

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.--PREPARATIONS, 11
II.--A BAD TRAVELLING COMPANION, 26
III.--THE MAIL STEAMER, 44
IV.--ENTERING HOLLAND, 67
V.--WALKS ABOUT ROTTERDAM, 86
VI.--DOING THE HAGUE, 109
VII.--CORRESPONDENCE, 138
VIII.--THE COMMISSIONER, 160
IX.--THE GREAT CANAL, 169
X.--THE DAIRY VILLAGE, 186
XI.--CONCLUSION, 200

ENGRAVINGS.

ROLLO IN HOLLAND.--(Frontispiece.) PAGE
VIEW IN HOLLAND, 10
THE HANSOM CAB, 33
LANDING FROM THE MAIL BOAT, 57
DORT, 83