The Marvelous Land Of Oz
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creator: Baum, L. Frank
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subject: scarecrow
subject: jack
subject: woodman
subject: tin
subject: mombi
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subject: dorothy
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full text: [pg/etext93/ozland10.txt] The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Marvelous Land of Oz Being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange ex- periences of the highly mag- nified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin- head, the Animated Saw-Horse and the Gump; the story being A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz By L. Frank Baum Author of Father Goose-His Book; The Wizard of Oz; The Magical Monarch of Mo; The Enchanted Isle of Yew; The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus; Dot and Tot of Merryland etc. etc. PICTURED BY John R. Neil BOOKS OF WONDER WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK Copyright 1904 by L. Frank Baum All rights reserved Published, July, 1904 Author's Note AFTER the publication of "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" I began to receive letters from children, telling me of their pleasure in reading the story and asking me to "write something more" about the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. At first I considered these little letters, frank and earnest though they were, in the light of pretty compliments; but the letters continued to come during succeeding months, and even years. Finally I promised one little girl, who made a long journey to see me and prefer her request, -- and she is a "Dorothy," by the way -- that when a thousand little girls had written me a thousand little letters asking for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman I would write the book, Either little Dorothy was a fairy in disguise, and waved her magic wand, or the success of the stage production of "The Wizard of OZ" made new friends for the story, For the thousand letters reached their destination long since -- and many more followed them. And now, although pleading guilty to long delay, I have kept my promise in this book. L. FRANK BAUM. Chicago, June, 1904 To those excellent good fellows and comedians David C. Montgomery and Frank A. Stone whose clever personations of the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow have delighted thousands of children throughout the land, this …