The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Illustrated)

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle picks up where The Story of Doctor Dolittle left off. Bored with England, Doctor Dolittle seeks new lands, people and most importantly, animals. With a new helper and the reappearance of Bumpo, Chee-Chee, Jip and others, "The Voyages" is adventures on the high sea, new land, people, and animals. Doctor Dolittle is even crowned King, but you'll have to read it, or read it to your child to see how THAT happened.

Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 26 September 1947) was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle one of the classics of children's literature.

Lofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents. His early education was at Mount St Mary's College in Sheffield, after which he went to the United States, completing a degree in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He traveled widely as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Irish Guards to serve in World War I. Not wishing to write to his children of the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters that were the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children. Seriously wounded in the war, he moved with his family to Connecticut in the United States. Lofting was married three times and had three children, one of whom, his son Christopher, is the executor of his literary estate.

Lofting commented, "For years it was a constant source of shock to me to find my writings amongst 'juveniles'. It does not bother me any more now, but I still feel there should be a category of 'seniles' to offset the epithet."

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