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<ANTIMG src="images/front.jpg" alt="Various Citizens of Oz"> <ANTIMG src="images/belong.jpg" alt="This book belongs to..."> <ANTIMG src="images/royal.jpg" alt="The Royal Book of Oz"> <h1>THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ</h1> 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 <h2>L. FRANK BAUM</h2> ENLARGED AND EDITED BY <h2>RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON</h2> ILLUSTRATED BY <h2>JOHN R. NEILL</h2> <h2>The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago</h2> Printed in the United States of America Copyright, 1921 by The Reilly & Britton Co. <hr> All Rights Reserved <h2><ANTIMG src="images/maud.jpg" alt="Maud Baum"></h2> 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 <h2><ANTIMG src="images/11.jpg" alt="The Scarecrow"></h2> LIST OF CHAPTERS <table> <tr><td>1 <td width="5">  <td>Professor Wogglebug's Great Idea <tr><td>2 <td>  <td>The Scarecrow's Family Tree <tr><td>3 <td>  <td>Down the Magic Bean Pole <tr><td>4 <td>  <td>Dorothy's Lonely Breakfast <tr><td>5 <td>  <td>Sir Hokus of Pokes <tr><td>6 <td>  <td>Singing Their Way Out of Pokes <tr><td>7 <td>  <td>The Scarecrow Is Hailed As Emperor! <tr><td>8 <td>  <td>The Scarecrow Studies the Silver Island <tr><td>9 <td>  <td>"Save Us With Your Magic, Exalted One!" <tr><td>10 <td>  <td>Princess Ozma and Betsy Bobbin Talk It Over <tr><td>11 <td>  <td>Sir Hokus Overcometh the Giant <tr><td>12 <td>  <td>Dorothy and Sir Hokus Come to Fix City <tr><td>13 <td>  <td>Dancing Beds and the Road That Unrolled <tr><td>14 <td>  <td>Sons and Grandsons Greet the Scarecrow <tr><td>15 <td>  <td>The Three Princes Plot to Undo the Emperor <tr><td>16 <td>  <td>Dorothy and Her Guardians Meet New Friends <tr><td>17 <td>  <td>Doubty and Camy Vanish Into Space <tr><td>18 <td>  <td>Dorothy Finds the Scarecrow! <tr><td>19 <td>  <td>Planning to Fly From the Silver Island <tr><td>20 <td>  <td>Dorothy Upsets the Ceremony of the Island <tr><td>21 <td>  <td>The Escape From the Silver Island <tr><td>22 <td>  <td>The Flight of the Parasol <tr><td>23 <td>  <td>Safe at Last in the Land of Oz <tr><td>24 <td>  <td>Homeward Bound to the Emerald City </table> <ANTIMG src="images/12.jpg" alt="Chapter One"> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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