Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary [antikvár]

INTRODUCTON HEN my husband, Hugh Lofting, wrote and illustrated the story of Pippinella, the green canary, for the Herald Tribune Syndicate, his intention was to publish it one day in book form. He used some of the material in Doctor Dolittle's Caravan, in which the little canary appeared as the prima donna of the Doctor's canary opera and became a well-loved and established member of the Doctor's household. However, Mr Lofting found SO much of Pippinella's story still untold in book form that he began organizing another volume to include all the exciting adventures that had befallen the Doctor's little friend before she joined the caravan, as well as those she experienced with Doctor Dolittle after the canary opera was over. It was never quite finished. But so near had Mr Lofting come to doing so that I felt I must find a way to do it for him. When my sister, Olga Michael, whose desire to write had been applauded and encouraged by my husband, and who had given him much help during the compiling of the new material for Pippinella, offered to finish it, I was delighted. r (