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  ROLLO IN LONDON

  BY

  JACOB ABBOTT.

  BOSTON:

  PUBLISHED BY TAGGARD AND THOMPSON

  M DCCC LXIV.

  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, 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

  LONDON BRIDGE.]

  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

  I.--CITY AND TOWN, 13

  II.--LONDON BRIDGE, 20

  III.-THE RIVER, 45

  IV.--THE POLICEMAN, 55

  V.--LODGINGS, 66

  VI.--BREAKFAST, 74

  VII.--WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 80

  VIII.--CALCULATIONS, 98

  IX.--ST. PAUL'S, 107

  X.--THE DOME OF ST. PAUL'S, 126

  XI.--THE ARISTOCRACY, 142

  XII.--A MISFORTUNE, 159

  XIII.--PHILOSOPHY, 164

  XIV.--THE DOCKS, 173

  XV.--THE EMIGRANTS, 191

  XVI.--THE TUNNEL AND THE TOWER, 214

  ENGRAVINGS.

  LONDON BRIDGE, FRONTISPIECE.

  THE PARK, 12

  MAP OF LONDON, 15

  THE FIRST RAGGED SCHOOL, 43

  SHOOTING THE BRIDGE, 50

  THE ARREST, 58

  BREAKFAST, 78

  GROUND PLAN OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, 84

  ST. PAUL'S, 119

  THE WHISPERING GALLERY, 128

  THE LOSS MADE GOOD, 171

  SAVED, 176

  PLEASANT WEATHER, 196

  THE STORM, 198

  THE WRECK, 201

  SHOPPING IN THE TUNNEL, 220

  THE PARK. (See Chap. XI.)]

  ROLLO IN LONDON.