John Stevens Cabot Abbott was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. Wikipedia
Books
MAKERS OF HISTORY
1849
Louis XIV
1870
The Empire of Russia
1860
Prussia and the Franco-Prussian War: Containing a Brief Narrative of the Origin of the Kingdom, Its Past History, and a Detailed Account of the Causes and Results of the Late War with Austria ... : with an Account of the Origin of the Present War with France ...
1871
The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present
Makers of History Louis XIV. by John S. C. Abbott (Illustrated)