Talk:The Story of Doctor Dolittle

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:19, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[Supposedly racist, weasel words]
Look: I'm not so good at English, but either you state what the supposedly racist verses are, or you don't, but don't make it a travesty. Today, the "controversial scenes" section says that this wes somehow like that and that was somehow like this and some people didn't like it because they were somehow like this or that. Just name these things and write them down! Nobody will die from this! Write down what the book says and then write down why this annoys people and how it does. Do you really need education in this, dear Americans? Is it so hard to write down the truth rather than masking it in meaningless weasel words? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.33.31.53 (talk) 23:40, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * 1. Our infobox book now links one e-copy at Wikisource, which shows the 1920 date but also includes the Hugh Walpole "Introduction to the Tenth Printing", November 1922. See Note at ISFDB).
 * 2. I have a copy of the Dell "Yearling Book" edition whose copyright page states "Fifth Dell Printing—March 1974" (maybe not 5th printing as Yearling). The first 8 pages of its chapter 12, "Medicine and Magic" (p94-101) matches the Wikisource text (p99-106) except for the one sentence we now cover thus, at section Plot controvery, final paragraph in full):
 * (quote) In a 1978 edition, only one sentence is removed from this section: "For the Prince's face had turned as white as snow, and his eyes, which had been mud-colored, were a manly gray!" Since the previous statement was that "all the animals cried out in surprise", the removal of this is rather jarring.
 * So "1978" is too late. Probably from the First Dell Printing, likely the 1967 Dell Laurel-Leaf Library (see Publications list at ISFDB).
 * 3. ISFDB covers the 1988 centennial edition briefly, from its review in The New York Times. Read that Note. Read the 1988 NYTimes review.
 * 4. WorldCat library records may contain some useful notes. See Formats and Editions at WorldCat (446 in chron order, 1988 point of entry).
 * --P64 (talk) 20:21, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

[Not credible, source needed]
There are two lines in the article, both unsourced and from before 2008, which I have to question.

Prince Bumpo: The last line of that section is "Ultimately, he is not excised entirely." This makes no sense, both by itself and in context of the rest of the section. I believe is should be "Ultimately, he is excised entirely." But I have not seen a new edition to confirm this.

Copyright expiration: The article states that the book entered the public domain in 1996. I can think of no reason for that date. Originally published in 1920, it's copyright should have expired in 1967 (after two 28 year terms). Further, when the US joined the Berne Convention in 1980, all works still covered by a copyright had their copyright extended to 75 (and later 95) year, so in the US, NO work has entered in public domain since 1980 (and none will until 1-Jan-2019 when works first publish in 1923 become PD) JamesCurran (talk) 20:44, 21 November 2015 (UTC)