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  |                       Scarecrow of Oz                        |
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  |                        L. Frank Baum                         |
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===== The Famous Oz Books =====

Since 1900, when L. Frank Baum introduced to the children of America
THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ and all the other exciting characters who
inhabit the land of Oz, these delightful fairy tales have stimulated the
imagination of millions of young readers.

These are stories which are genuine fantasy creative, funny, tender,
exciting and surprising. Filled with the rarest and most absurd
creatures, each of the 14 volumes which now comprise the series, has been
eagerly sought out by generation after generation until to-day they are
known to all except the very young or those who were never young at all.

When, in a recent survey, The =New York Times= polled a group of teen agers
on the books they liked best when they were young, the Oz books topped
the list.


                           THE FAMOUS OZ BOOKS
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                            By L. Frank Baum:

                      THE WIZARD OF OZ
                      THE LAND OF OZ
                      OZMA OF OZ
                      DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ
                      THE ROAD TO OZ
                      THE EMERALD CITY OF OZ
                      THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ
                      TIK-TOK OF OZ
                      THE SCARECROW OF OZ
                      RINKITINK IN OZ
                      THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ
                      THE TIN WOODMAN OF OZ
                      THE MAGIC OF OZ
                      GLINDA OF OZ

           Chicago      THE REILLY & LEE CO.      _Publishers_


[Illustration: THE SCARECROW _OF_ OZ]

Dedicated to

"The Uplifters" of Los Angeles, California, in grateful appreciation
of the pleasure I have derived from association with them, and in
recognition of their sincere endeavor to uplift humanity through
kindness, consideration and good-fellowship. They are big men all of them
and all with the generous hearts of little children.

L. Frank Baum


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  |                        L. FRANK BAUM                         |
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  |  THE ROAD TO OZ, DOROTHY AND THE WIZARD IN OZ, THE EMERALD   |
  |  CITY OF OZ, THE LAND OF OZ, OZMA OF OZ. THE PATCHWORK GIRL  |
  |                     OF OZ, TIK-TOK OF OZ                     |
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  |                    =The Reilly & Lee Co=                     |
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  |                           1915 BY                            |
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  |                         L Frank Baum                         |
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  |                       RIGHTS RESERVED                        |
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'TWIXT YOU AND ME

The Army of Children which besieged the Postoffice, conquered the Postmen
and delivered to me its imperious Commands, insisted that Trot and Cap'n
Bill be admitted to the Land of Oz, where Trot could enjoy the society
of Dorothy, Betsy Bobbin and Ozma, while the one-legged sailor-man might
become a comrade of the Tin Woodman, the Shaggy Man, Tik-Tok and all the
other quaint people who inhabit this wonderful fairyland.

It was no easy task to obey this order and land Trot and Cap'n Bill
safely in Oz, as you will discover by reading this book. Indeed, it
required the best efforts of our dear old friend, the Scarecrow, to save
them from a dreadful fate on the journey; but the story leaves them
happily located in Ozma's splendid palace and Dorothy has promised me
that Button-Bright and the three girls are sure to encounter, in the near
future, some marvelous adventures in the Land of Oz, which I hope to be
permitted to relate to you in the next Oz Book.

Meantime, I am deeply grateful to my little readers for their continued
enthusiasm over the Oz stories, as evinced in the many letters they send
me, all of which are lovingly cherished. It takes more and more Oz Books
every year to satisfy the demands of old and new readers, and there
have been formed many "Oz Reading Societies," where the Oz Books owned
by different members are read aloud. All this is very gratifying to me
and encourages me to write more Oz stories. When the children have had
enough of them, I hope they will let me know, and then I'll try to write
something different.

                                                     L. Frank Baum
                                                 "Royal Historian of Oz."

    "OZCOT"
  at HOLLYWOOD
  in CALIFORNIA,
      1915.



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LIST OF CHAPTERS

   1 The Great Whirlpool                        18
   2 Cavern Under the Sea                       22
   3 The Ork                                    33
   4 Daylight at Last!                          52
   5 The Little Old Man of the Island           62
   6 The Flight of the <DW40>s                  82
   7 The Bumpy Man                              89
   8 Button-Bright is Lost, and Found Again    101
   9 The Kingdom of Jinxland                   119
  10 Pon, the Gardener's Boy                   131
  11 The Wicked King and Googly-Goo            138
  12 The Wooden-Legged Grasshopper             151
  13 Glinda the Good and the Scarecrow of Oz   167
  14 The Frozen Heart                          178
  15 Trot Meets the Scarecrow                  195
  16 Pon Summons the King to Surrender         204
  17 The Ork Rescues Button-Bright             213
  18 The Scarecrow Meets an Enemy              220
  19 The Conquest of the Witch                 230
  20 Queen Gloria                              241
  21 Dorothy, Betsy and Ozma                   255
  22 The Waterfall                             264
  23 The Land of Oz                            273
  24 The Royal Reception                       278

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[Illustration: Cap'n Bill]


CHAPTER 1

The Great Whirlpool


"Seems to me," said Cap'n Bill, as he sat beside Trot under the big
acacia tree, looking out over the blue ocean, "seems to me, Trot, as how
the more we know, the more we find we don't know."

"I can't quite make that out, Cap'n Bill," answered the little girl in a
serious voice, after a moment's thought, during which her eyes followed
those of the old sailor-man across the glassy surface of the sea. "Seems
to me that all we learn is jus' so much gained."

"I know; it looks that way at first sight," said the sailor, nodding his
head; "but those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know
all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble
big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't
