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The Yellow Knight of Oz

Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1930 · 42,578 words

A knight's quest reveals a long enchantment and a true self waiting beneath an outer form.

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Introduction

Dear Boys, and Dear Girls:

The tip top of the year to you!
Good times and wishes!
Grand fun and good cheer to you!
And in this new book
Full of merry Oz folks
You may read of the quest
Of Sir Hokus of Pokes—
Of a strange Yellow Knight
And Stampedro, his horse.
There's a wicked old Shah,
And a Princess, of course.
I know I'll enjoy
All the letters you'll write
When you've finished the tale
Of this jolly old Knight.
What ho and what hey!
For adventures, I say!
And I'll write you some more
In a year and a day. (Really.)

RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON.

254 S. Farragut Terrace, West Philadelphia, Penn.

This book is dedicated to my very dear and very little Aunt Gertrude!

Ruth Plumly Thompson, 1930

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter One — Sir Hokus Plans a Quest
  3. Chapter Two — The Knight's First Adventure
  4. Chapter Three — Queen Marcia of Marshland
  5. Chapter Four — Ploppa and Sir Hokus Escape
  6. Chapter Five — Concerning a Camel
  7. Chapter Six — Tuzzle at the Court of Oz
  8. Chapter Seven — The Cruise of the Skyrocket
  9. Chapter Eight — A Golden Princess
  10. Chapter Nine — Sir Hokus Meets an Old Friend
  11. Chapter Ten — The Deserted City
  12. Chapter Eleven — The Knight Loses His Camel
  13. Chapter Twelve — Camy at the Sultan's Court
  14. Chapter Thirteen — King of the Quix!
  15. Chapter Fourteen — The Enchanted Forest
  16. Chapter Fifteen — Five Travellers Meet
  17. Chapter Sixteen — Speedy in Samandra
  18. Chapter Seventeen — The Restoration of Corumbia
  19. Chapter Eighteen — The Return of the Yellow Knight
  20. Chapter Nineteen — For the Hand of a Princess
  21. Chapter Twenty — The Marriage of Marygolden

About this edition

Source: Project Gutenberg #78637

Public domain: First published 1930; public domain in the United States.

What’s included: The complete text.

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