Jacob Abbott Books


Margaret of Anjou

Jacob Abbott

Margaret of Anjou was the Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Born in the Duchy of Lorraine into the House of Valois-Anjou, Margaret was the se..

Forests of Maine

Jacob Abbott

The design of the series of volumes, which it is intended to issue under the general title of Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrativ..

Pyrrhus, King of Epirus

Jacob Abbott

In respect to the heroes of ancient history, who lived in times antecedent to the period when the regular records of authentic history commence, no reliance can be placed upon the actual verity of the..

History of Julius Caesar

Jacob Abbott

History of Julius Caesar is a biographical work written by Jacob Abbott, an American writer of children's books. It is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, and con..

Peter the Great

Jacob Abbott

Peter the Great is a biography Peter Alexeyevich who ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire of written by Jacob Abbott, an American writer of children's books.The whole history ..

Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

Jacob Abbott

Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young Or, the Principles on Which a Firm Parental Authority May Be Established and Maintained, Without Violence or Anger, and the Right Developmen..

The Teacher

Jacob Abbott

The Teacher is a book on theory and practice of education and moral teaching written by Jacob Abbott, an American writer of children's books.Author's Preface:This book is intended to detail, in a..

Cousin Lucy

Jacob Abbott

Lucy found that she could not untie the knot. Then she looked about to find her scissors, to cut it; for she had a pair of scissors, which her mother had bought for her, some time before; but,then, as..