The Story of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
Hugh Lofting offers an extraordinary tale of a man from a little town called "Puddleby-on-the-Marsh" who learns to talk to animals and champion their causes. The Story of Doctor Dolittle, published in 1920, is the first in Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series. Lofting gave his readers a glimmer of the tale's contents in its subtitle: "Being the History of His Peculiar Life At Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts. Never Before Printed." Lofting contrived the stories and illustrations in letters home to his children, rather than bore or scare them with his own experiences as a solider in the Great War.
TO ALL CHILDREN
CHILDREN IN YEARS AND CHILDREN IN HEART
I DEDICATE THIS STORY
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Introduction to the Tenth Printing
The Second Chapter: Animal Language
The Third Chapter: More Money Troubles
The Fourth Chapter: A Message from Africa
The Fifth Chapter: The Great Journey
The Sixth Chapter: Polynesia and the King
The Seventh Chapter: The Bridge of Apes
The Eighth Chapter: The Leader of the Lions
The Ninth Chapter: The Monkeys' Council
The Tenth Chapter: The Rarest Animal of All
The Eleventh Chapter: The Black Prince
The Twelfth Chapter: Medicine and Magic
The Thirteenth Chapter: Red Sails and Blue Wings
The Fourteenth Chapter: The Rats' Warning
The Fifteenth Chapter: The Barbary Dragon
The Sixteenth Chapter: Too-Too, The Listener
The Seventeenth Chapter: The Ocean Gossips
The Eighteenth Chapter: Smells
The Nineteenth Chapter: The Rock
The Twentieth Chapter: The Fisherman's Town
The Twenty-First Chapter: Home Again