Rollo on the Rhine

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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

MINNIE'S ROGUERY, 51

TOWING, 63

DONKEY RIDING, 75

THE STUDENTS, 114

THE NUN, 122

THE EMIGRANTS, 132

ROLLO ON THE RAFT, 163

DINNER ON THE RHINE, 173

MINNIE, 190

THE NIGHT JOURNEY, 218

[Illustration: RIDE.-See chap. 15.]

ROLLO ON THE RHINE.