Mr. Holiday is traveling to restore his health -- which means a lot of sight-seeing for the children. Rollo, twelve years old, has seen a little of London -- and now the family group is to proceed across the channel to France. Even more fun looms -- for Mr. and Mrs. Holiday say he may travel separately with his Uncle George, if he so wishes. The two of them board a midnight steamer leaving England, beneath the glow of stars and the gas-lamps lining the piers . . . "I have no doubt, myself," says Uncle George, "that nearly all the accidents that will happen to you in Paris will come from boyish heedlessness and blundering on your part!" "We'll see!" said Rollo.

Author Biography

Jacob Abbott (1803 - 1879) was an American writer of children's books. His Rollo Books, such as Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, Rollo in Europe, etc., are the best known of his writings, having as their chief characters a representative boy and his associates. To follow up his Rollo books, he wrote of Uncle George, using him to teach the young readers about ethics, geography, history, and science. He also wrote 22 volumes of biographical histories and a 10 volume set titled the Franconia Stories.