[Cover Illustration] [Illustration: Title Page] DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON Told and Illustrated by HUGH LOFTING J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA • • NEW YORK _Copyright, 1956, by_ _Josephine Lofting_ _Copyright, 1928, by_ _Hugh Lofting_ _All rights reserved including that of translation_ _into foreign languages_ _Printed in the United States of America_ _Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 28-22386_ Contents CHAPTER PAGE 1 We Land Upon a New World 1 2 The Land of Colors and Perfumes 7 3 Thirst! 13 4 Chee-Chee the Hero 21 5 On the Plateau 26 6 The Moon Lake 33 7 Tracks of a Giant 39 8 The Singing Trees 46 9 The Study of Plant Languages 53 10 The Magellan of the Moon 59 11 We Prepare to Circle the Moon 65 12 The Vanity Lilies 72 13 The Flower of Many Scents 79 14 Mirrors for Flowers 86 15 Making New Clothes 93 16 Monkey Memories of the Moon 100 17 We Hear of “The Council” 108 18 The President 117 19 The Moon Man 125 20 The Doctor and the Giant 135 21 How Otho Bludge Came to the Moon 143 22 How the Moon Folk Heard of Doctor Dolittle 151 23 The Man Who Made Himself a King 159 24 Doctor Dolittle Opens His Surgery on the Moon 167 25 Puddleby Once More 175 ILLUSTRATIONS