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Doctor Dolittle Meets a Londoner in Paris

Hugh Lofting

First published 1925
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Doctor Dolittle

Dolittle is in Paris to consult with French naturalists. He knows Paris well, and loves it, but finds it impossible to take a bath. Cheapside the sparrow persuades him to bathe in a fountain where nobody goes after dark.

Published in the 1925 Asquith anthology as pp. 110-17, with one illustration by the writer. See e-copy at The Rosetta Project, ChildrensBooksOnline.org.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1925 The Flying Carpet S. W. Partridge & Co. Anthology 110|2
September 1925 Cover The Flying Carpet Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 110
January 2025 The Flying Carpet Project Gutenberg Anthology |110