"Doctor Dolittle's Return," from 1933, is the ninth book in Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series, published five years after the publication of Doctor Dolittle in the Moon, which was supposed to be the last book in the series. The book tells the story of the Doctor's return from the moon. It covers the lives of Tommy Stubbins, the Doctor's assistant, the family of animals in England waiting for his return, how the Doctor escaped from the moon, and the Doctor's desire to start a steady, simple silent life back on Earth.
