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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

This book is dedicated to my good friend & comrade
My Wife
L.F.B.

Contents

Introduction
Chapter I. The Cyclone
Chapter II. The Council with the Munchkins
Chapter III. How Dorothy Saved the Scarecrow
Chapter IV. The Road Through the Forest
Chapter V. The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
Chapter VI. The Cowardly Lion
Chapter VII. The Journey to the Great Oz
Chapter VIII. The Deadly Poppy Field
Chapter IX. The Queen of the Field Mice
Chapter X. The Guardian of the Gates
Chapter XI. The Emerald City of Oz
Chapter XII. The Search for the Wicked Witch
Chapter XIII. The Rescue
Chapter XIV. The Winged Monkeys
Chapter XV. The Discovery of Oz, the Terrible
Chapter XVI. The Magic Art of the Great Humbug
Chapter XVII. How the Balloon Was Launched
Chapter XVIII. Away to the South
Chapter XIX. Attacked by the Fighting Trees
Chapter XX. The Dainty China Country
Chapter XXI. The Lion Becomes the King of Beasts
Chapter XXII. The Country of the Quadlings
Chapter XXIII. Glinda The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish
Chapter XXIV. Home Again

Introduction

Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through theages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love forstories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimmand Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all otherhuman creations.

Yet the old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classedas “historical” in the children’s library; for the time hascome for a series of newer “wonder tales” in which the stereotypedgenie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible andblood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral toeach tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeksonly entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all

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