Prologue

Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas,

afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer

in the United States of America was once appointed

Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of

writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland.

But after making six books about the adventures of

those interesting but queer people who live in the

Land of Oz, the Historian learned with sorrow that

by an edict of the Supreme Ruler, Ozma of Oz, her

country would thereafter be rendered invisible to

all who lived outside its borders and that all

communication with Oz would, in the future, be cut off.

The children who had learned to look for the

books about Oz and who loved the stories about the

gay and happy people inhabiting that favored

country, were as sorry as their Historian that

there would be no more books of Oz stories. They

wrote many letters asking if the Historian did not

know of some adventures to write about that had

happened before the Land of Oz was shut out from

all the rest of the world. But he did not know of

any. Finally one of the children inquired why we

couldn’t hear from Princess Dorothy by wireless

telegraph, which would enable her to communicate

to the Historian whatever happened in the far-off

Land of Oz without his seeing her, or even knowing

just where Oz is.

That seemed a good idea; so the Historian rigged

up a high tower in his back yard, and took lessons

in wireless telegraphy until he understood it,

and then began to call “Princess Dorothy of Oz” by

sending messages into the air.

Now, it wasn’t likely that Dorothy would be

looking for wireless messages or would heed the

call; but one thing the Historian was sure of, and

that was that the powerful Sorceress, Glinda,

would know what he was doing and that he desired

to communicate with Dorothy. For Glinda has a big

book in which is recorded every event that takes

place anywhere in the world, just the moment that

it happens, and so of course the book would tell

her about the wireless message.

And that was the way Dorothy heard that the

Historian wanted to speak with her, and there was

a Shaggy Man in the Land of Oz who knew how to

telegraph a wireless reply. The result was that

the Historian begged so hard to be told the latest

news of Oz, so that he could write it down for the

children to read, that Dorothy asked permission of

Ozma and Ozma graciously consented.

That is why, after two long years of waiting,

another Oz story is now presented to the children

of America. This would not have been possible had

not some clever man invented the “wireless” and an

equally clever child suggested the idea of

reaching the mysterious Land of Oz by its means.

L. Frank Baum.

“OZCOT”

at Hollywood

in California

LIST OF CHAPTERS

1 - Ojo and Unc Nunkie

2 - The Crooked Magician

3 - The Patchwork Girl

4 - The Glass Cat

5 - A Terrible Accident

6 - The Journey

7 - The Troublesome Phonograph

8 - The Foolish Owl and the Wise Donkey

9 - They Meet the Woozy

10 - Shaggy Man to the Rescue

11 - A Good Friend

12 - The Giant Porcupine

13 - Scrapes and the Scarecrow

14 - Ojo Breaks the Law

15 - Ozma’s Prisoner

16 - Princess Dorothy

17 - Ozma and Her Friends

18 - Ojo is Forgiven

19 - Trouble with the Tottenhots

20 - The Captive Yoop

21 - Hip Hopper the Champion

22 - The Joking Horners

23 - Peace is Declared

24 - Ojo Finds the Dark Well

25 - They Bribe the Lazy Quadling

26 - The Trick River

27 - The Tin Woodman Objects

28 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz