Fire-side piety, or the duties and enjoyments of family religion: containing Part I. Come to Prayer, Part II. Home made happy
New-York: Leavitt, Lord & Co. 182 Broadway, Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1834. 16mo, pp. 237, [1]; engraved frontispiece; original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine faded else very good and sound. Born in Hallowell, Maine, Abbott (1803-1879) wrote 180 books, largely juvenile fiction (his series of Rollo books were his most famous), biographies, religious books, and even popular science. He was professor of mathematics at Amherst, founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and 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. American Imprints 22802. Item #57392
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