Jacob Abbott
Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American author, pastor, and professor. Born Jacob Abbot Ⅲ, he later added a “t” to the end of his name in order to break away from being “the third”. Abbott began his career as a professor of mathematics and philosophy at Amherst college in Massachusetts. He became a licensed preacher in 1826, and later went on to become the founder and pastor of the Eliot Congregational Church. Jacob Abbott wrote many works, including biographies, religious books, and juvenile fiction. By the end of his career, he co-wrote thirty-one titles, and authored one-hundred and eighty books on his own.
Read more from Jacob Abbott
History of William the Conqueror Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pyrrhus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Alfred of England Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Alexander the Great Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hannibal Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe History of Charles the First of England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPeter the Great Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Queen Elizabeth Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Complete Biography of Alexander the Great Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRichard II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlfred the Great Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPeter the Great Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Genghis Khan: his life and battles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aboriginal America (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMargaret of Anjou Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMakers of History - King Alfred of England Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Xerxes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hannibal (Serapis Classics) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Richard III Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Romulus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Genghis Khan Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hannibal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Charles II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Charles I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRichard I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRichard I (Serapis Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRollo at Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of Julius Caesar Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCleopatra, the Queen of Egypt. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPeter the Great Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Georgie
Related ebooks
Georgie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEye Of The Beholder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFurther Adventures of Sonny Gogo and Tobo Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRollo in Society: A Guide for Youth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoad Runner Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wishmonger Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMovement Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLost in the Tunnel of Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rollo's Museum Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge Loves Gistla Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRico and Wiseli Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Strange Adventures Of Joe And Rover Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Gibraltar Street Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pedler of Dust Sticks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGorp: Goblin Janitor Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Goody-Naughty Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNumber 17, Garamond Road: A Horse-Sur-Mer Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventures of Robbie and the Goggle Noggins Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeven O'Clock Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rollo in the Woods Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge in Camp Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPretty Tales for the Nursery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrincess Polly's Gay Winter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBridge to Long Ago Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventures of Big and Yellow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGeorge at the Wheel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoe's New World: A Me and Mr. P Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mystery of Lost River Canyon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for Georgie
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Georgie - Jacob Abbott
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Georgie, by Jacob Abbott
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Georgie
Author: Jacob Abbott
Release Date: September 12, 2006 [EBook #19256]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEORGIE ***
Produced by Barbara Tozier, Joseph R. Hauser, Bill Tozier
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net
THE BRIDGE
JACOB ABBOTT.
GEORGIE.
Boston:
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1857, by
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
CONTENTS.
GEORGIE.
THE LITTLE LANDING.
A short distance from where Rollo lives, there is a small, but very pleasant house, just under the hill, where you go down to the stone bridge leading over the brook. There is a noble large apple tree on one side of the house, which bears a beautiful, sweet, and mellow kind of apple, called golden pippins. A great many other trees and flowers are around the house, and in the little garden on the side of it towards the brook. There is a small white gate that leads to the house, from the road; and there is a pleasant path leading right out from the front door, through the garden, down to the water. This is the house that Georgie lives in.
One evening, just before sunset, Rollo was coming along over the stone bridge, towards home. He stopped a moment to look over the railing, down into the water Presently he heard a very sweet-toned voice calling out to him,
Rol-lo.
Rollo looked along in the direction in which the sound came. It was from the bank of the stream, a little way from the road, at the place where the path from Georgie's house came down to the water. The brook was broad, and the water pretty smooth and still here; and it was a place where Rollo had often been to sail boats with Georgie. There was a little smooth, sandy place on the shore, at the foot of the