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Doctor Dolittle's Circus (excerpt)

Hugh Lofting

First published 1967
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Doctor Dolittle

Excerpt(s) from 1924 novel Doctor Dolittle's Circus Nearly one-fourth of A Treasury by length This is the second of eight such selections from Dolittle novels that compose the 1967 Treasury as eight chapters under their original titles. It begins with the original illustrated title page, without publisher name and location. The narrative and 16 interior illustrations are divided by headings into 11 sections (1987 Puffin, p 31-88): · The Pushmi-Pullyu · Business Arrangements · Circus Life · Doctor Dolittle Meets Sophie · Planning the Escape · In the Deserted Garden · The Leader of the Bloodhounds · The Grantchester Coach · The Old Plough Horse · The Bristol Channel · Nightshade, the Vixen

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1967 Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury J. B. Lippincott Collection |2
March 1968 Cover Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury Jonathan Cape Collection 29
January 1977 Cover Introducing Doctor Dolittle Puffin Collection |2
1980 Cover Introducing Doctor Dolittle Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 29
October 1986 Cover Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury Dell Yearling Collection 29
August 1987 Cover Introducing Doctor Dolittle Puffin Collection 29
1990 Cover Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury Buccaneer Books Collection |2
September 1998 Cover Doctor Dolittle Stories Red Fox Collection 41