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  By L. FRANK BAUM

  UNIFORM WITH OZMA OF OZ

  The Land of Oz

  John Dough and The Cherub

  Each elaborately illustrated in colors and black-and-white by

  JOHN R. NEILL

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  Ozma of Oz]

  Ozma]

  OZMA OF OZ

  A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein

  BY

  L. FRANK BAUM

  THE AUTHOR OF THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE LAND OF OZ, ETC.

 

  ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN R. NEILL

  CHICAGO: THE REILLY & BRITTON CO. PUBLISHERS

  Copyright, 1907, by L. Frank Baum. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]

  To all the boys and girls who read my stories--andespecially to the Dorothys--this book is lovingly dedicated.]

  List of Chapters

  Page

  I. The Girl in the Chicken Coop 13

  II. The Yellow Hen 24

  III. Letters in the Sand 37

  IV. Tiktok, the Machine Man 49

  V. Dorothy Opens the Dinner Pail 64

  VI. The Heads of Langwidere 76

  VII. Ozma of Oz to the Rescue 101

  VIII. The Hungry Tiger 117

  IX. The Royal Family of Ev 128

  X. The Giant with the Hammer 141

  XI. The Nome King 156

  XII. The Eleven Guesses 175

  XIII. The Nome King Laughs 182

  XIV. Dorothy Tries to be Brave 191

  XV. Billina Frightens the Nome King 205

  XVI. Purple, Green and Gold 216

  XVII. The Scarecrow Wins the Fight 226

  XVIII. The Fate of the Tin Woodman 235

  XIX. The King of Ev 246

  XX. The Emerald City 254

  XXI. Dorothy's Magic Belt 263

  Author's Note

  My friends the children are responsible for this new "Oz Book," as theywere for the last one, which was called _The Land of Oz_. Their sweetlittle letters plead to know "more about Dorothy"; and they ask: "Whatbecame of the Cowardly Lion?" and "What did Ozma doafterward?"--meaning, of course, after she became the Ruler of Oz. Andsome of them suggest plots to me, saying: "Please have Dorothy go to theLand of Oz again"; or, "Why don't you make Ozma and Dorothy meet, andhave a good time together?" Indeed, could I do all that my littlefriends ask, I would be obliged to write dozens of books to satisfytheir demands. And I wish I could, for I enjoy writing these storiesjust as much as the children say they enjoy reading them.

  Well, here is "more about Dorothy," and about our old friends theScarecrow and the Tin Woodman, and about the Cowardly Lion, and Ozma,and all the rest of them; and here, likewise, is a good deal about somenew folks that are queer and unusual. One little friend, who read thisstory before it was printed, said to me: "Billina is _real Ozzy_, Mr.Baum, and so are Tiktok and the Hungry Tiger."

  If this judgment is unbiased and correct, and the little folks find thisnew story "real Ozzy," I shall be very glad indeed that I wrote it. Butperhaps I shall get some more of those very welcome letters from myreaders, telling me just how they like "Ozma of Oz." I hope so, anyway.

  L. FRANK BAUM.

  MACATAWA, 1907.