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The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle (Signet Classics)
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Doctor Dolittle: Book 2

The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle (Signet Classics) (1923) (edit title/settings)

by Hugh Lofting (Author, Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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Doctor Dolittle meets Tommy Stubbins, the young son of the local cobbler, who becomes his new assistant. Tommy learns how to speak animal languages and becomes involved in the Doctor's quest to find Long Arrow, the greatest naturalist in the world.

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My name is Tommy Stubbins, son of Jacob Stubbins, the cobbler of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh; I was nine and a half years old.

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Prologue

Part 1
1. The Cobbler's Son
2. I Hear of the Great Naturalist
3. The Doctor's Home
4. The Wiff-Waff
5. Polynesia
6. The Wounded Squirrel
7. Shellfish Talk
8. Are You a Good Noticer?
9. The Garden of Dreams
10. The Private Zoo
11. My Schoolmaster, Polynesia
12. My Great Idea
13. A Traveler Arrives
14. Chee-Chee's Voyage
15. I Become a Doctor's Assistant

Part 2
1. The Crew of The Curlew
2. Luke the Hermit
3. Jip and the Secret
4. Bob
5. Mendoza
6. The Judge's Dog
7. The End of the Mystery
8. Three Cheers
9. The Purple Bird of Paradise
10. Long Arrow, the Son of Golden Arrow
11. Blind Travel
12. Destiny and Destination

Part 3
1. The Third Man
2. Good-bye!
3. Our Troubles Begin
4. Our Troubles Continue
5. Polynesia has a Plan
6. The Bed Maker of Monteverde
7. The Doctor's Wager
8. The Great Bullfight
9. We Depart in a Hurry

Part 4
1. Shellfish Languages Again
2. The Fidget's Story
3. Bad Weather
4. Wrecked!
5. Land!
6. The Jabizri
7. Hawk's-Head Mountain

Part 5
1. A Great Moment
2. "The Men of the Moving Land"
3. Fire
4. What Makes an Island Float
5. War!
6. General Polynesia
7. The Peace of the Parrots
8. The Hanging Stone
9. The Election
10. The Coronation of King Jong

Part 6
1. New Popsipetel
2. Thoughts of Home
3. The Red Man's Science
4. The Sea Serpent
5. The Shellfish Riddle Solved at Last
6. The Last Cabinet Meeting
7. The Doctor's Decision

Afterword
About the Author

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This is book 2 of 12 in Doctor Dolittle. (standard series)

Preceded by The Story of Doctor Dolittle, and followed by Doctor Dolittle's Post Office.

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  1. Hugh Lofting (Author)
  2. Hugh Lofting (Illustrator)

Other Contributors:

  1. Jerome Griswold

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Original Language: English
Publisher: J. B. Lippencott & Co.
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Publication Date: 1923
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Page Count: 336

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Reading Level: Ages 9-12

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