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  1. L. FRANK BAUM
  2. RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
  3. JOHN R. NEILL
  4. The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago
  5. CHAPTER 1
  6. PROFESSOR WOGGLEBUG'S GREAT IDEA
  7. CHAPTER 2
  8. THE SCARECROW'S FAMILY TREE
  9. CHAPTER 3
  10. DOWN THE MAGIC BEAN POLE
  11. CHAPTER 4
  12. DOROTHY'S LONELY BREAKFAST
  13. CHAPTER 5
  14. SIR HOKUS OF POKES
  15. CHAPTER 6
  16. SINGING THEIR WAY OUT OF POKES
  17. CHAPTER 7
  18. THE SCARECROW IS HAILED AS EMPEROR!
  19. CHAPTER 8
  20. THE SCARECROW STUDIES THE SILVER ISLAND
  21. CHAPTER 9
  22. "SAVE US WITH YOUR MAGIC, EXALTED ONE!"
  23. CHAPTER 10
  24. PRINCESS OZMA AND BETSY BOBBIN TALK IT OVER
  25. CHAPTER 11
  26. SIR HOKUS OVERCOMETH THE GIANT
  27. CHAPTER 12
  28. DOROTHY AND SIR HOKUS COME TO FIX CITY
  29. CHAPTER 13
  30. DANCING BEDS AND THE ROADS THAT UNROLLED
  31. CHAPTER 14
  32. SONS AND GRANDSONS GREET THE SCARECROW
  33. CHAPTER 15
  34. THE THREE PRINCES PLOT TO UNDO THE EMPEROR
  35. CHAPTER 16
  36. DOROTHY AND HER GUARDIANS MEET NEW FRIENDS
  37. CHAPTER 17
  38. DOUBTY AND CAMY VANISH INTO SPACE
  39. CHAPTER 18
  40. DOROTHY FINDS THE SCARECROW!
  41. CHAPTER 19
  42. PLANNING TO FLY FROM THE SILVER ISLAND
  43. CHAPTER 20
  44. DOROTHY UPSETS THE CEREMONY OF THE ISLAND
  45. CHAPTER 21
  46. THE ESCAPE FROM THE SILVER ISLAND
  47. CHAPTER 22
  48. THE FLIGHT OF THE PARASOL
  49. CHAPTER 23
  50. SAFE AT LAST IN THE LAND OF OZ
  51. CHAPTER 24
  52. HOMEWARD BOUND TO THE EMERALD CITY
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The Royal Book of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson

free · 42,381 words · 5 h 27 m audiobook, read by Phil Chenevert for LibriVox

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In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and
discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the
Silver Island, and how he was rescued and
brought back to Oz by Dorothy
and the Cowardly Lion

BY

L. FRANK BAUM

ENLARGED AND EDITED
BY

RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON

ILLUSTRATED BY

JOHN R. NEILL




The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago




Printed in the United States of America



Copyright, 1921
by
The Reilly & Britton Co.

All Rights Reserved







Dear Children:

You will remember that, in the front part of Glinda of Oz, the Publishers told you that when Mr. Baum went away from this world he left behind some unfinished notes about the Princess Ozma and Dorothy and the jolly people of the Wonderful Land of Oz. The Publishers promised that they would try to put these notes together into a new Oz book for you.

Well, here it is—The Royal Book of Oz.

I am sure that Mr. Baum would be pleased that Ruth Plumly Thompson, who has known and loved the Oz Stories ever since she was a little girl, has made this new Oz story, with all the Oz folks in it and true to life.

You see I am Mrs. Baum, the wife of the Royal Historian of Oz, and so I know how he feels about everything.

Now, about the story:

Of course, we all knew the Scarecrow was a very fine fellow, but surely we never guessed he ascended from an emperor. Most of us descend from our ancestors, but the Scarecrow really ASCENDED.

The Scarecrow had a most exciting and adventurous time on the Silver Isle and Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion just ran out of one adventure into another trying to rescue him. They made some charming new friends in their travels—Sir Hokus of Pokes, the Doubtful Dromedary, and the Comfortable Camel. You'll find them very unusual and likable. They have the same peculiar, delightful and informal natures that we love in all the queer Oz people.

Of course every one of us is happy that John R. Neill has drawn the funny and lovely pictures for the new book. Mr. Neill surely is the Royal Painter of Oz.

This note is intended for all the children of America, who knew and loved Mr. Baum, and it goes to each of you with his love and mine.

MAUD G. BAUM.

OZCOT
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA
IN THE SPRING, 1921




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The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson. The text is in the US public domain, digitized by Project Gutenberg’s volunteers and served from our own copy.

Narrated by Phil Chenevert for LibriVox, also public domain.

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