Books with author Jane Abbott

The life and times of Anglo-Saxon King Alfred the Great, richly illustrated throughout to enhance the reading experience. Contents include:The Britons.The Anglo-Saxons.The Danes.Alfred's Early Years.State of England.Alfred's Accession to the Throne.REVERSES.The Seclusion.Reassembling of the Army.The Victory over the Danes.Character of Alfred's Reign.The Close of Life.The Sequel.

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Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School. This book serves as an excellent introduction to one of the most important figures of the ancient world. Hannibal was one of the greatest military generals of the age but his legacy endured in the Roman psyche for centuries after his death. (Excerpt from Goodreads)

• Digitally retouched illustrations, Kindle paper-white friendly• A neat table of contents for quick navigation• Fonts are optimized and tested for display on Kindle and other e-readers"The word Khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records." -- Excerpt from the book Makers of History: Khan, by Jacob AbbotWhen Genghis Khan and his armies exploded out of the steppe in the early thirteenth century, no one on the Eurasian continent was prepared for his innovative style of warfare. This book is Jacob Abbott's account of the life of this great leader.

• Digitally retouched illustrations, Kindle paper-white friendly• A neat table of contents for quick navigation• Fonts are optimized and tested for display on Kindle and other e-readers"The word Khan is not a name, but a title. It means chieftain or king. It is a word used in various forms by the different tribes and nations that from time immemorial have inhabited Central Asia, and has been applied to a great number of potentates and rulers that have from time to time arisen among them. Genghis Khan was the greatest of these princes. He was, in fact, one of the most renowned conquerors whose exploits history records." -- Excerpt from the book Makers of History: Khan, by Jacob AbbotWhen Genghis Khan and his armies exploded out of the steppe in the early thirteenth century, no one on the Eurasian continent was prepared for his innovative style of warfare. This book is Jacob Abbott's account of the life of this great leader.

One of the greatest rulers of the majestic and powerful Persian Empire, Darius came to the throne after killing an usurper. His fate was destined to be that of ultimately a tragic ruler though, culminating in the battle of Marathon with the Greeks.Illustrated throughout to enhance the reading experience.Contents include:Cambyses.The End of Cambyses.Smerdis the Magian.The Accession of Darius.The Provinces.The Reconnoitering of Greece.The Revolt of Babylon.The Invasion of Scythia.The Retreat from Scythia.The Story of Histiæus.The Invasion of Greece and the Battle of Marathon.The Death of Darius.

AMONG Elizabeth's companions and play, mates in her early years was a young lady, her cousin, as she was often called, though she was really the daughter of her cousin, named Jane Grey, commonly called in history Lady Jane Grey. Her mother was the Marchioness of Dorset, and was the daughter of one of King Henry the Eighth's sisters. King Henry had named her as the next in the order of succession after his own children, that is, after Edward his son, and Mary and Elizabeth his two daughters; and, consequently, though she was very young, yet, as she might one day be Queen of England, she was a personage of considerable importance. She was, accordingly, kept near the court, and ibared, in some respects, the education and the studies of the two princesses. Lady Jane, was about four years youngei than the Princess Elizabeth, and the sweetness of her disposition, united with an extraordinary IntelJftctnal superiority, which showed itself al Lady Jane'i parenta. Restraintl put npon her a very early period, made her a universal favorite. Her father and mother, the Marquis and Marchioness of Dorset, lived at an estate they possessed, called Broadgate, in Leicestershire, which is in the central part of England, although they took their title from the county of Dorset, which is on the southwestern coast. They were very proud of their daughter, and attached infinite importance to her descent from Henry VTL, and to the possibility that she might one day succeed to the English throne. They were very strict and severe in their manners, and paid great attention to etiquette and punctilio, as persons who are ambitious of rising in the world are very apt to do.

Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. On November 14, 1803, Abbott was born in Hallowell, Maine. Abbott's father was Jacob Abbott and his mother was Betsey Abbott. Abbott attended the Hallowell Academy. Abbott graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820. Abbott studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824. Abbott was tutor in 1824–1825. From 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829–1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834–1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843–1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845–1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City.

Theologians have lost themselves in endless speculations on the question how far, in the government of God, punishment is to be considered as possessing one or the other of these two characters, or both combined. There seems to be also some uncertainty in the minds of men in relation to the precise light in which the penalties of violated law are to be regarded by civil governments, and the spirit in which they are to be administered—they being apparently, as prescribed and employed by most governments, in some respects, and to some extent, retributive and vindictive, and in other respects remedial and curative.It would seem, however, that in respect to school and family government there could be no question on this point. The punishment of a child by a parent, or of a pupil by a teacher, ought certainly, one would think, to exclude the element of vindictive retribution altogether, and to be employed solely with reference to the salutary influences that may be expected from it in time to come. If the injunction "Vengeance is mine, I will repay it, saith the Lord" is to be recognized at all, it certainly ought to be acknowledged here.

An excellent overview of the Roman Republic's greatest general, Julius Caesar. Perfect as both introduction or refresher about one of the seminal figures in Roman and ancient history. Illustrated throughout to enhance the reading experience, formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.Contents include:MARIUS AND SYLLA.CAESAR'S EARLY YEARS.ADVANCEMENT TO THE CONSULSHIP.THE CONQUEST OF GAUL.POMPEY.CROSSING THE RUBICON.THE BATTLE OF PHARSALIA.FLIGHT AND DEATH OF POMPEY.CAESAR IN EGYPT.CAESAR IMPERATOR.THE CONSPIRACY.THE ASSASSINATION.

Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, commonly referred to as ‘Nero,’ ruled the world for thirteen years, from 54 to 68 AD. During his reign, Rome’s theaters and games were heavily patronized. Thousands of innocents were martyred before the mob. Nero himself was widely believed to have caused the Great Fire of Rome - in an attempt to clear some land for a property extension – and to have blamed the disaster’s origins on the Christians. A cruel young tyrant with an Oedipus complex who was generally unpopular with the populace, Nero lived hard and fast and committed suicide at the age of 30. In Nero, historian Jacob Abbott sheds light on the main events and participants in the amazing life story of Ancient Rome’s fifth emperor.