| “After they had all finished eating the Doctor got up” | Frontispiece |
| “A little town called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh” | |
| “And she never came to see him any more” | 3 |
| “He could see as well as ever” | 14 |
| “They came at once to his house on the edge of the town” | 15 |
| “They used to sit in chairs on the lawn” | 19 |
| “'All right,' said the Doctor, 'go and get married'” | 23 |
| “One evening when the Doctor was asleep in his chair” | 24 |
| “'I felt sure there was twopence left'” | 31 |
| “And the voyage began” | 35 |
| “'We must have run into Africa'” | 41 |
| “'I got into it because I did not want to be drowned'” | 44 |
| “And Queen Ermintrude was asleep” | 48 |
| “'Who's that?'” | 52 |
| “Cheering and waving leaves and swinging out of the branches to greet him” | 61 |
| “John Dolittle was the last to cross” | 65 |
| “He made all the monkeys who were still well come and be vaccinated” | 68 |
| “'ME, the King of Beasts, to wait on a lot of dirty monkeys?'” | 70 |
| “Then the Grand Gorilla got up” | 76 |
| “'Lord save us!' cried the duck. 'How does it make up its mind?'” | 85 |
| “He began reading the fairy-stories to himself” | 96 |
| “Crying bitterly and waving till the ship was out of sight” | 109 |
| “'They are surely the pirates of Barbary'” | 114 |
| “'And you have heard that rats always leave a sinking ship?'” | 119 |
| “'Look here, Ben Ali—'” | 127 |
| “'Sh!—Listen!—I do believe there's some one in there!'” | 136 |
| “So he struck a match” | Facing p. 142 |
| “'You stupid piece of warm bacon!'” | 153 |
| “'Doctor!' he cried. 'I've got it!'” | 160 |
| “And she kissed the Doctor many times” | 170 |
| “The Doctor sat in a chair in front” | 176 |
| “He began running round the garden like a crazy thing” | 178 |
