Jacob Abbot Cummings

Jacob Abbot Cummings (1773–1820) was a bookseller, publisher, schoolteacher and author in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th-century.

[1][2] Born in Hollis, New Hampshire,[3] to Ebenezer Cummings and Elizabeth Abbot,[4] Jacob attended Harvard University (class of 1801).

... No small injury is frequently done to young persons, by attempting to make them perfect in what they the first time commit to memory, especially if it be somewhat difficult.'"

He also liked the bible "as a reading text because of its simple dialogue, short sentences, frequent transitions, and interesting narrative.

'"[11] After his death in 1820, Cummings' "private library" was auctioned at the office of Blake & Cunningham on Kilby Street in Boston.