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Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures (excerpt)

Hugh Lofting

First published 1967
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Excerpt from 1952 collection Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures – in fact, one of the collected stories

This is the eighth of eight selections from Dolittle books that compose the 1967 Treasury as eight chapters under their original book titles. Uniquely the book was a collection rather than a novel; in fact, the "excerpt" text is one of the collected stories, complete. Here it begins with the illustrated title page of the collection (without publisher name and location). The narrative and 2 interior illustrations are divided by headings into three sections (1987 Puffin, 261-68): · The Dog Ambulance · The Mishap at Kingsbridge · The Reception at the Surgery

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1967 Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury J. B. Lippincott Collection |8
March 1968 Cover Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury Jonathan Cape Collection 277
January 1977 Cover Introducing Doctor Dolittle Puffin Collection |8
1980 Cover Introducing Doctor Dolittle Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 259
October 1986 Cover Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury Dell Yearling Collection 317
August 1987 Cover Introducing Doctor Dolittle Puffin Collection 259
1990 Cover Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury Buccaneer Books Collection |8
September 1998 Cover Doctor Dolittle Stories Red Fox Collection 351