Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary by Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary Hugh Lofting

The charming story of Pippinella, the green canary, as told by Pip herself to the Doctor. Although much of the material had been printed originally in 1924 for the Herald Tribune Syndicate, Lofting planned to complete the story in book form but never finished before he died. Lofting’s wife’s sister, Olga Michael, completed the book and it was published posthumously in 1950. Everything except the first and last chapter are by Lofting. Much of the material in this book is repeated from the earlier novel Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan and tells the story of the Doctor’s friend Pippinella the Green Canary, in slightly greater depth.

Table of content

Introduction

Foreword

Part I

Chapter 1 The Doctor Meets the Green Canary

Chapter 2 The Inn of the Seven Seas

Chapter 3 At the Marquis's Castle

Chapter 4 The Rescue

Chapter 5 The Midget Mascot

Chapter 6 The Fortunes of War

Chapter 7 The Coal-mine

Chapter 8 Aunt Rosie's House

Chapter 9 The Old Windmill

Part II

Chapter 1 The Green Canary Learns to Fly

Chapter 2 Nippit, the Greenfinch

Chapter 3 Ebony Island

Chapter 4 Pippinella Finds a Clue

Chapter 5 The Window-cleaner at Last!

Chapter 6 The Window-cleaner's Adventures

Chapter 7 The Ragged Tramp

Part III

Chapter 1 The Canary Opera

Chapter 2 The Green Parrot Has a Clue

Chapter 3 Cheapside Helps the Doctor

Chapter 4 John Dolittle, M.d

Chapter 5 The Window-cleaner Tells His Name

Chapter 6 The Search for the Missing Papers

Chapter 7 The Secret Hiding Place

Chapter 8 The Thief Escapes

Chapter 9 The Runaway Coach

Chapter 10 The Papers Recovered ― and Puddleby Again