Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott, highly respected educator and social activist, wrote over 200 works for and about...

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Short excerpt: The girl laughed. She was a very good-humored girl and did not appear to be displeased though it certainly was not quite proper for Marco to speak in that manner to a stranger.

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A passage from the book...The great quarrel between the houses of York and Lancaster.--Terrible results of the quarrel.--Origin of it.--Intricate questions of genealogy and descent.--Lady Cecily Neville.--She becomes Duchess of York.--Her mode of life.--Extract from the ancient annals.--Lady Cecily's family.--Names of the children.--The boys' si...