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Rollo in Scotland
Rollo in Scotland By Jacob Abbott Excerpt e, it is not. That is the place for the sailors to occupy in working the ship. It is something like the kitchen in a hotel. What should you think of the guests at a hotel, if they went down into the kitchen to see what was going on there?" Rollo laughed aloud. "But we don't go to the forecastle to see what is going on there," said Waldron; "we go for a lookout--to see what is going on away ahead, on the water." "True," said Mr. George, "and that is a very important difference, I acknowledge. I don't think my comparison holds good." We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
74 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1848
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Jacob Abbott
1,365 books89 followersAbbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.
He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.
His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and the The Parent's Assistant.
Fewacres in 1906, Abbott's residence at Farmington, Maine
His brothers, John S.C. Abbott and Gorham Dummer Abbott, were also authors. His sons, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, both eminent lawyers, Lyman Abbott, and Edward Abbott, a clergyman, were also well-known authors.
He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School.
His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. In them Abbott did for one or two generations of young American readers a service not unlike that performed earlier, in England and America, by the authors of Evenings at Home, The History of Sandford and Merton, and the The Parent's Assistant.
Fewacres in 1906, Abbott's residence at Farmington, Maine
His brothers, John S.C. Abbott and Gorham Dummer Abbott, were also authors. His sons, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott, both eminent lawyers, Lyman Abbott, and Edward Abbott, a clergyman, were also well-known authors.
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August 2, 2020
Well, I guess I have to go read a biography of Mary Queen of Scots now.
These books are better when Rollo has a friend. (I miss Carlos.) Rollo's friend in Scotland is another American named Waldron. I can't decide if naming your kid Waldron is awesome or terrible. Waldron has controlling parents, maybe, and he's a bit of a shit, and they've been traveling around Europe together for too long. Waldron does try to entice Rollo to go up on an Employees Only deck on the boat from England, and Rollo doesn't, because he is a paragon of good manners. Nothing comes of Waldron getting on the slightly wrong deck, but his parents think he's acting out constantly and they shut him up in the state room and complain about him to Mr. George, who says he would "load" Waldron with responsibilities if he were in charge of Waldron. Five minutes later, Mr. George is in charge of Waldron, as everyone has agreed that Scotland will be better if Waldron goes with Mr. George and Rollo for a few weeks and they all meet back in Edinburgh. Mr. George charges Waldron and Rollo with finding a hotel. Rollo is used to this but Waldron is suspicious until Mr. George convinces him.
Glasgow is Scotland's industrial engine of the 1840s (and now? I've still never been to Scotland. I invited myself to my OKC penpal's town once but he's shy) and there's a canal and a railroad and iron and smoke and rain and peat and mud and factories and industry and coal. A whole lotta coal. Rollo and Waldron have selected a hotel that is near a display of flowers with music and spectacles on the weekend, but they don't go, or at least they don't mention it. (They want to see the music and spectacles.) Then they're off to Loch Lomond. Waldron is setting up whole segments of their itinerary so that he can go a' fishing, and he's honest about it, but one point, Mr. George has to explain that this trip is for his edification, and if Mr. George thinks it's better for Waldron to see the sights than go a' fishing, well, Waldron can go a' fishing in New York.
Lotta castles. Mr. George teases the tragic story of Mary Queen of Scots, and has the boys thirsting to know her story and buy her biography when they get somewhere with decent book stalls. Jacob Abbott wrote a history of Mary Queen of Scots but was it on sale in Scotland at the time? I guess I could look up the publication date but I don't feel like it. They go to a castle where Mary Queen of Scots climbed out a window and escaped, and another castle where Mary Queen of Scots lived and her advisor was murdered in her chambers. For two people who were sick of castles on the Rhine, Rollo and Mr. George sure are hitting the castles. They do climb a mountain and see some other things, but, honestly, if you're on a tourist trip in the European countryside, it's either castles or sheep. Actually, it's a lot of both. But, being English language castles with historical narratives that are recognizable to Americans, the Scottish castles are more exciting than the Rhinish ones, where a tour guide basically said, "Landowners used to beat each other up so they built castles, and now the castles are falling apart," and that was it for those volumes.
Edinburgh sounds amazing. A whole city suspended over a different city. Let's go there! Is it still like that? I would very much like to see. Rollo and Waldron enjoyed it quite well. They got to see soldiers drilling before being sent to the Crimea, among other things. Waldron finds his family and they go back to America; I honestly don't remember where the rest of the Holiday family is; and our next stop is Geneva, right?
These books are better when Rollo has a friend. (I miss Carlos.) Rollo's friend in Scotland is another American named Waldron. I can't decide if naming your kid Waldron is awesome or terrible. Waldron has controlling parents, maybe, and he's a bit of a shit, and they've been traveling around Europe together for too long. Waldron does try to entice Rollo to go up on an Employees Only deck on the boat from England, and Rollo doesn't, because he is a paragon of good manners. Nothing comes of Waldron getting on the slightly wrong deck, but his parents think he's acting out constantly and they shut him up in the state room and complain about him to Mr. George, who says he would "load" Waldron with responsibilities if he were in charge of Waldron. Five minutes later, Mr. George is in charge of Waldron, as everyone has agreed that Scotland will be better if Waldron goes with Mr. George and Rollo for a few weeks and they all meet back in Edinburgh. Mr. George charges Waldron and Rollo with finding a hotel. Rollo is used to this but Waldron is suspicious until Mr. George convinces him.
Glasgow is Scotland's industrial engine of the 1840s (and now? I've still never been to Scotland. I invited myself to my OKC penpal's town once but he's shy) and there's a canal and a railroad and iron and smoke and rain and peat and mud and factories and industry and coal. A whole lotta coal. Rollo and Waldron have selected a hotel that is near a display of flowers with music and spectacles on the weekend, but they don't go, or at least they don't mention it. (They want to see the music and spectacles.) Then they're off to Loch Lomond. Waldron is setting up whole segments of their itinerary so that he can go a' fishing, and he's honest about it, but one point, Mr. George has to explain that this trip is for his edification, and if Mr. George thinks it's better for Waldron to see the sights than go a' fishing, well, Waldron can go a' fishing in New York.
Lotta castles. Mr. George teases the tragic story of Mary Queen of Scots, and has the boys thirsting to know her story and buy her biography when they get somewhere with decent book stalls. Jacob Abbott wrote a history of Mary Queen of Scots but was it on sale in Scotland at the time? I guess I could look up the publication date but I don't feel like it. They go to a castle where Mary Queen of Scots climbed out a window and escaped, and another castle where Mary Queen of Scots lived and her advisor was murdered in her chambers. For two people who were sick of castles on the Rhine, Rollo and Mr. George sure are hitting the castles. They do climb a mountain and see some other things, but, honestly, if you're on a tourist trip in the European countryside, it's either castles or sheep. Actually, it's a lot of both. But, being English language castles with historical narratives that are recognizable to Americans, the Scottish castles are more exciting than the Rhinish ones, where a tour guide basically said, "Landowners used to beat each other up so they built castles, and now the castles are falling apart," and that was it for those volumes.
Edinburgh sounds amazing. A whole city suspended over a different city. Let's go there! Is it still like that? I would very much like to see. Rollo and Waldron enjoyed it quite well. They got to see soldiers drilling before being sent to the Crimea, among other things. Waldron finds his family and they go back to America; I honestly don't remember where the rest of the Holiday family is; and our next stop is Geneva, right?
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