Meantime, I want to tell all my little friends–whose numbers are increasing by many thousands every year–that I am very grateful for the favor they have shown my books and for the delightful little letters I am constantly receiving. So, if Dorothy keeps her word and I am permitted to write another Oz book, you will probably discover how all these characters came together in the famous Emerald City. When I asked her about this idea, she replied: “Why, haven’t you heard?” I said “No.” “Well,” came the message over the wireless, “I’ll tell you all about it, by and by, and then you can make a book of that story for the children to read.” As you know, I am obliged to talk these matters over with Dorothy by means of the “wireless,” for that is the only way I can communicate with the Land of Oz. Also they think Button-Bright ought to get acquainted with Ojo the Lucky. In the letters I receive from children there has been an urgent appeal for me to write a story that will take Trot and Cap’n Bill to the Land of Oz, where they will meet Dorothy and Ozma. Those who have seen the play and those who have read the other Oz books will find in this story a lot of strange characters and adventures that they have never heard of before. There is a play called “The Tik-Tok Man of Oz,” but it is not like this story of “Tik-Tok of Oz,” although some of the adventures recorded in this book, as well as those in several other Oz books, are included in the play. It also tells of Betsy Bobbin and how, after many adventures, she finally reached the marvelous Land of Oz. So here, my dears, is a new Oz story in which is introduced Ann Soforth, the Queen of Oogaboo, whom Tik-Tok assisted in conquering our old acquaintance, the Nome King.
The very marked success of my last year’s fairy book, “The Patchwork Girl of Oz,” convinces me that my readers like the Oz stories “best of all,” as one little girl wrote me. Please read this important information, as it gives you specific rights and tells you about restrictions in how the file may be used.īreathe the true spirit of fairyland, this book is affectionately dedicated The “legal small print” and other information about this book may now be found at the end of this file. Thus, we usually do not keep etexts in compliance with any particular paper edition. Editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US unless a copyright notice is included.
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