Per Wikipedia 2017-01-02:
-- "a posthumous collection of stories that Lofting originally wrote during the 1920s for the Herald Tribune Syndicate"
-- originally 8 stories, of which two are recently omitted (not confirmed)
-- Introduction by Lofting's sister-in-law Olga Michael (She had completed the preceding novel, Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary (1950), which contains much material published during the 1920s for the same syndicate.)
"41 stories" per capsule Was. Post 1952-11-16 pCBF14 (perhaps 41 instalments in New-York Herald and other 1920s newspapers)
Contains only 6 of 8 stories from the original collection (1st ed., also 1952). The omitted stories are "The Sea Dog" and "The Story of the Maggot".
WorldCat record {{OCLC|1185760}} reports the original contents (stories only).
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"Especially Selected and Edited by Weekly Reader Book Club" on cover and title page. Weekly Reader Book Club Edition on copyright page.
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"Written and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting" on title page.
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The cover illustration is taken from the illustration on page 136, titled: "Who's that?" Gub-Gub asked
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There is no price printed on the book.
