The Rollo Books by Jacob Abbott. Boston, Phillips, Sampson, & Co.
Boston, Phillips, Sampson, & Co.
Rollo At Work
Or
The Way to Be Industrious
Notice to Parents.
Although this little work, and its fellow, “Rollo At Play,” are intended principally as a means of entertainment for their little readers, it is hoped by the writer that they may aid in accomplishing some of the following useful purposes:—
1. In cultivating the thinking powers; as frequent occasions occur, in which the incidents of the narrative, and the conversations arising from them, are intended to awaken and engage the reasoning and reflective faculties of the little readers.