The Amazing Adventures of Doctor Dolittle

John Dolittle is a doctor who shuns human patients in favor 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. The stories are set in Victorian England, where Doctor Dolittle lives in the village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country.
Table of Contents:
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle's Post Office
Doctor Dolittle's Circus
Doctor Dolittle's Caravan
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle's Zoo
Doctor Dolittle's Garden
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon
Doctor Dolittle's Return
Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake

Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) was a British author who created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children's literature. Doctor Dolittle first appeared in the author's illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while serving in the British Army during World War I. Not wishing to write to his children about the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters which later became the foundation of the successful series of novels for children.