Rollo's Travels.

Boston: William Crosby and Company, 1840. First edition. Twelvemo. 189, [1] pp. plus four full-page hand colored plates. Publisher's blind-stamped sand-grain mauve cloth with gilt cover lettering. Chemised and in a half morocco slipcase with gilt spine lettering. Possibly recased and with very minor and scattered foxing. Overall, a lovely presentation of an excellent copy.From 1825 to 1829 Jacob Abbott 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 wrote 180 books and was a coauthor or editor of 31 more. His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his works.