WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HUGH LOFTING

PUBLISHED BY R A STOKES CO. AT
442 FOURTH AV.
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1923, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into foreign languages

Printed in the United States of America


"It was mournful scenery"


CONTENTS

[Prologue]
PART I
I [Zuzana]
II [The Doctor's Reception on the Warship]
III [A Great Gunner]
IV [The Royal Mails of Fantippo]
V [The Voyage Delayed]
VI [No-Man's-Land]
VII [The Animals' Paradise]
VIII [The Swiftest Mail in the World]
PART II
I [A Most Unusual Post Office]
II [Cheapside]
III [The Birds That Helped Columbus]
IV [Cape Stephen Light]
V [Gulls and Ships]
VI [Weather Bureaus]
VII [Teaching by Mail]
PART III
I [The Animals' Magazine]
II [The Doctor's Story]
III [Gub-Gub's Story]
IV [Dab-Dab's Story]
V [The White Mouse's Story]
VI [Jip's Story]
VII [Too-Too's Story]
VIII [The Pushmi-Pullyu's Story]
PART IV
I [Parcel Post]
II [The Great Mail Robbery]
III [Pearls and Brussels Sprouts]
IV [Pearl Divers]
V [Obombo's Rebellion]
VI [The Doctor's Release]
VII [A Mysterious Letter]
VIII [The Land of the Mangrove Swamps]
IX [The Secret Lake]
X [The Postmaster-General's Last Order]
XI [Good-bye to Fantippo]