Title: The Marvelous Land of Oz
Author: L. Frank Baum
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 book is
gratefully dedicated
by
THE AUTHOR
LIST OF CHAPTERS
PAGE
Tip Manufactures Pumpkinhead 7
The Marvelous Powder of Life 15
The Flight of the Fugitives 29
Tip Makes an Experiment in Magic 39
The Awakening of the Saw-horse 47
Jack Pumpkinhead’s Ride
to the Emerald City 59
His Majesty the Scarecrow 71
Gen. Jinjur’s Army of Revolt 83
The Scarecrow Plans an escape 97
The Journey to the Tin Woodman 109
A Nickel-Plated Emperor 121
Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E. 135
A Highly Magnified History 147
Old Mombi indulges in Witchcraft 159
The Prisoners of the Queen 169
The Scarecrow Takes Time to Think 181
The Astonishing Flight of the Gump 191
In the Jackdaw’s Nest 201
Dr. Nikidik’s Famous Wishing Pills 219
The Scarecrow Appeals to Glinda the Good 231
The Tin-Woodman Plucks a Rose 247
The Transformation of Old Mombi 257
Princess Ozma of Oz 265
The Riches of Content 279
Tip Manufactures a Pumpkinhead
In the Country of the Gillikins, which is at the North of the Land of Oz,
Lived a youth called Tip. There was more to his name than that, for old
Mombi often declared that his whole name was Tippetarius; but no one was
Expected to say such a long word when “Tip” would do just as well.
This boy remembered nothing of his parents, for he had been brought when
Quite young to be reared by the old woman known as Mombi, whose reputation,
I am sorry to say, was none of the best. For the Gillikin people had reason
To suspect her of indulging in magical arts, and therefore hesitated to
Associate with her.
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Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that
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