Chapter I: Front Matter

ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND,

BY

JACOB ABBOTT.

NEW YORK:
SHELDON & CO., 667 BROADWAY,
and 214 & 216 MERCER ST.,
Grand Central Hotel.
1873.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by JACOB ABBOTT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.

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.

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.--GETTING A PASSPORT, 11

II.--CROSSING THE FRONTIER, 31

III.--BASLE, 49

IV.--THE DILIGENCE, 60

V.--RIDE TO BERNE, 72

VI.-THE VALLEY OF THE AAR, 85

VII.--INTERLACHEN, 101

VIII.--LAUTERBRUNNEN, 118

IX.--THE WENGERN ALP, 136

X.--GOING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, 168

XI.--GLACIERS, 181

XII.--ROLLO A COURIER, 196

XIII.--CONCLUSION, 220

ENGRAVINGS.

MONT BLANC, (FRONTISPIECE.) PAGE

THE COTTAGE, 10

THE PREFECTURE OF POLICE, 25

IN THE CAB, 40

THE DILIGENCE AT THE OFFICE, 77

THE DILIGENCE ON THE ROAD, 81

THE LAKE SHORE, 97

VICINITY OF INTERLACHEN, 100

THE MOUNTAIN GIRL, 147

THE FALL, 173

THE CREVASSE, 182

THE NARROW PATH, 189

ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, 193

ROLLO IN SWITZERLAND.