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Waxman Staff Writer Sep 9, 2014 6:56 PM UTC Dr. Seuss fans will have a chance to read four of the famed cartoonist’s long-forgotten stories in a new volume, _Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories,_ out today_._ The book features beloved characters as Seuss (whose real name is Theodor Geisel) rendered them for _Redbook_ magazine in the 1950s. Though Seuss died in 1991, a collector and biographer, Charles Cohen, helped catalyze the new _Horton_ after finding archival material in the magazine.  Marco in an illustration from Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss Courtesy of Random House In “Marco Comes Late,” Marco, from his first children’s book _And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street_, makes up a fantastical story to explain why he was really late to school.  Horton and the Kwuggerbug in an illustration from Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss Courtesy of Random House In “Horton and the Kwuggerbug,” a demanding insect called a Kwuggerbug sends Horton, the elephant best known for hearing a Who, on a wild mission that involves climbing mountains and standing up to crocodiles to find Beezlenuts—a delicious, sought-after dessert. The Grinch is still as grouchy as ever and preaches about the pitfalls of consumerism in “The Hoobub and the Grinch,” reflecting the author’s “feelings about his history in advertising,” according to the book’s introduction written by Charles D. Cohen, a dentist who collects Dr. Seuss memorabilia.  Officer Pat in an illustration from Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss Courtesy of Random House And the extremely paranoid policeman Officer Pat from “How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town” was meant to be a book unto himself, but Random House opted to publish _Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories_ instead. 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