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“A little town called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh”

THE Story of DOCTOR DOLITTLE

BEING THE HISTORY OF HIS PECULIAR LIFE AT HOME AND ASTONISHING ADVENTURES IN FOREIGN PARTS. NEVER BEFORE PRINTED. TOLD BY HUGH LOFTING ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR Published by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY at 443 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. A.D. 1920 WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TENTH PRINTING BY HUGH WALPOLE

Copyright, 1920, by

Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved, including that of translation

into foreign languages

First Printing, Aug. 24, 1920

Second Printing, Dec. 17, 1920

Third Printing, April 16, 1921

Fourth Printing, July 7, 1921

Fifth Printing, Sept. 1, 1921

Sixth Printing, Oct. 26, 1921

Seventh Printing, Dec. 5, 1921

Eighth Printing, April 3, 1922

Ninth Printing, Aug. 18, 1922

Tenth Printing, Nov. 28, 1922

Eleventh Printing, April 2, 1923

Printed in the United States of America

TO ALL CHILDREN CHILDREN IN YEARS AND CHILDREN IN HEART I DEDICATE THIS STORY