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BOOK COVER]
THIS BOOK BELONGS
TO]
THE ROAD TO OZ]
CALLING ON JACK PUMPKINHEAD See Chapter 16]
THE ROAD TO OZ
BY
L. FRANK BAUM
AUTHOR OF THE LAND OF OZ, OZMA OF OZ, DOROTHYAND THE WIZARD IN OZ, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHN R. NEILL
CHICAGO
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT
1909
BY L FRANK BAUM
ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED]
_L'istesso tempo_
TO MY FIRST GRANDSON
Joslyn Stanton Baum]
To my readers: Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another"Oz Book" about Dorothy's strange adventures. Toto is in this story,because you wanted him to be there, and many other characters which youwill recognize are in the story, too. Indeed, the wishes of my littlecorrespondents have been considered as carefully as possible, and if thestory is not exactly as you would have written it yourselves, you mustremember that a story has to be a story before it can be written down,and the writer cannot change it much without spoiling it.
In the preface to "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" I said I would like towrite some stories that were not "Oz" stories, because I thought I hadwritten about Oz long enough; but since that volume was published I havebeen fairly deluged with letters from children imploring me to "writemore about Dorothy," and "more about Oz," and since I write only toplease the children I shall try to respect their wishes.
There are some new characters in this book that ought to win your love.I'm very fond of the shaggy man myself, and I think you will like him,too. As for Polychrome--the Rainbow's Daughter--and stupid littleButton-Bright, they seem to have brought a new element of fun into theseOz stories, and I am glad I discovered them. Yet I am anxious to haveyou write and tell me how you like them.
Since this book was written I have received some very remarkable newsfrom The Land of Oz, which has greatly astonished me. I believe it willastonish you, too, my dears, when you hear it. But it is such a long andexciting story that it must be saved for another book--and perhaps thatbook will be the last story that will ever be told about the Land of Oz.
L FRANK BAUM.
_Coronado, 1909._
LIST OF CHAPTERS
1 THE WAY TO BUTTERFIELD
2 DOROTHY MEETS BUTTON-BRIGHT
3 A QUEER VILLAGE
4 KING DOX
5 THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER
6 THE CITY OF BEASTS
7 THE SHAGGY MAN'S TRANSFORMATION
8 THE MUSICKER
9 FACING THE SCOODLERS
10 ESCAPING THE SOUP-KETTLE
11 JOHNNY DOIT DOES IT
12 THE DEADLY DESERT CROSSED
14 TIK-TOK AND BILLINA
15 THE EMPEROR'S TIN CASTLE
16 VISITING THE PUMPKIN FIELD
17 THE ROYAL CHARIOT ARRIVES
18 THE EMERALD CITY
19 THE SHAGGY MAN'S WELCOME
20 PRINCESS OZMA OF OZ
21 DOROTHY RECEIVES THE GUESTS
22 IMPORTANT ARRIVALS
23 THE GRAND BANQUET
24 THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION