Rollo at Work

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[Illustration: The Rollo Books by Jacob Abbott. Boston, Phillips, Sampson, &Co.]

Boston, Phillips, Sampson, &Co.

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Rollo At Work

Or

The Way to Be Industrious

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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.

2. In promoting the progress of children in reading and in knowledge of language; for the diction of the stories is intended to be often in advance of the natural language of the reader, and yet so used as to be explained by the connection.

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