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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh LOFTING (1886 - 1947)

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.(summary from Wikipedia)


Part 1 Ch. 1 The Cobbler's Son

Part 1 Ch. 10 The Private Zoo

Part 1 Ch. 11 My Schoolmaster, Polynesia

Part 1 Ch. 12 My Great Idea

Part 1 Ch. 13 A Traveler Arrives

Part 1 Ch. 14 Chee-Chee's Voyage

Part 1 Ch. 15 I Become A Doctor's Assistant

Part 1 Ch. 2 I Hear of the Great Naturalist

Part 1 Ch. 3 The Doctor's Home

Part 1 Ch. 4 The Wiff-Waff

Part 1 Ch. 5 Polynesia

Part 1 Ch. 6 The Wounded Squirrel

Part 1 Ch. 7 Shellfish Talk

Part 1 Ch. 8 Are you a Good Noticer?

Part 1 Ch. 9 The Garden of Dreams

Part 2 Ch. 1 The Crew of "The Curlew"

Part 2 Ch. 10 Long Arrow, The Son of Golden Arrow

Part 2 Ch. 11 Blind Travel

Part 2 Ch. 12 Destiny and Destination

Part 2 Ch. 2 Luke the Hermit

Part 2 Ch. 3 Jip and the Secret

Part 2 Ch. 4 Bob

Part 2 Ch. 5 Mendoza

Part 2 Ch. 6 The Judge's Dog

Part 2 Ch. 7 The End of the Mystery

Part 2 Ch. 8 Three Cheers

Part 2 Ch. 9 The Purple BIrd-of-Paradise

Part 3 Ch. 1 The Third Man

Part 3 Ch. 2 Good-Bye!

Part 3 Ch. 3 Our Troubles Begin

Part 3 Ch. 4 Our Troubles Continue

Part 3 Ch. 5 Polynesia Has a Plan

Part 3 Ch. 6 The Bed-maker of Monteverde

Part 3 Ch. 7 The Doctor's Wager

Part 3 Ch. 8 The Great Bullfight

Part 3 Ch. 9 We Depart in a Hurry

Part 4 Ch. 1 Shellfish Languages Again

Part 4 Ch. 2 The Fidgit's Story

Part 4 Ch. 3 Bad Weather

Part 4 Ch. 4 Wrecked!

Part 4 Ch. 5 Land!

Part 4 Ch. 6 The Jabizri

Part 4 Ch. 7 Hawk's-head Mountain

Part 5 Ch. 1 A Great Moment

Part 5 Ch. 10 The Coronation of King Jong

Part 5 Ch. 2 "The Men of the Moving, Land"

Part 5 Ch. 3 Fire

Part 5 Ch. 4 What Makes an Island Float

Part 5 Ch. 5 War!

Part 5 Ch. 6 General Polynesia

Part 5 Ch. 7 The Peace of the Parrots

Part 5 Ch. 8 The Hanging Stone

Part 5 Ch. 9 The Election

Part 6 Ch. 1 New Popsipetel

Part 6 Ch. 2 Thoughts of Home

Part 6 Ch. 3 The Red Man's Science

Part 6 Ch. 4 The Sea-Serpent

Part 6 Ch. 5 The Shellfish Riddle Solved at Last

Part 6 Ch. 6 The Last Cabinet Meeting

Part 6 Ch. 7 The Doctor's Decision

Prologue