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The Royal Book of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1921 · 41,894 words

The Scarecrow seeks his roots and finds a former life as an emperor in the Silver Islands.

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Introduction

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.

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 1 — Professor Wogglebug's Great Idea
  3. Chapter 2 — The Scarecrow's Family Tree
  4. Chapter 3 — Down the Magic Bean Pole
  5. Chapter 4 — Dorothy's Lonely Breakfast
  6. Chapter 5 — Sir Hokus of Pokes
  7. Chapter 6 — Singing Their Way Out of Pokes
  8. Chapter 7 — The Scarecrow Is Hailed as Emperor!
  9. Chapter 8 — The Scarecrow Studies the Silver Island
  10. Chapter 9 — "Save Us with Your Magic, Exalted One!"
  11. Chapter 10 — Princess Ozma and Betsy Bobbin Talk It Over
  12. Chapter 11 — Sir Hokus Overcometh the Giant
  13. Chapter 12 — Dorothy and Sir Hokus Come to Fix City
  14. Chapter 13 — Dancing Beds and the Roads That Unrolled
  15. Chapter 14 — Sons and Grandsons Greet the Scarecrow
  16. Chapter 15 — The Three Princes Plot to Undo the Emperor
  17. Chapter 16 — Dorothy and Her Guardians Meet New Friends
  18. Chapter 17 — Doubty and Camy Vanish into Space
  19. Chapter 18 — Dorothy Finds the Scarecrow!
  20. Chapter 19 — Planning to Fly from the Silver Island
  21. Chapter 20 — Dorothy Upsets the Ceremony of the Island
  22. Chapter 21 — The Escape from the Silver Island
  23. Chapter 22 — The Flight of the Parasol
  24. Chapter 23 — Safe at Last in the Land of Oz
  25. Chapter 24 — Homeward Bound to the Emerald City

About this edition

Source: Project Gutenberg #30537

Public domain: First published 1921; public domain in the United States.

What’s included: First published 1921 under L. Frank Baum's name; written by Ruth Plumly Thompson.

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