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THE LOST PRINCESS OF OZ
by
L. FRANK BAUM
This Book is Dedicated
To My Granddaughter
OZMA BAUM
To My Readers
Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of before they became realities. So I believe that dreams—day dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your brain-machinery whizzing—are likely to lead to the betterment of the world. The imaginative child will become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create, to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. A prominent educator tells me that fairy tales are of untold value in developing imagination in the young. I believe it.
Among the letters I receive from children are many containing suggestions of "what to write about in the next Oz Book." Some of the ideas advanced are mighty interesting, while others are too extravagant to be seriously considered—even in a fairy tale. Yet I like them all, and I must admit that the main idea in "The Lost Princess of Oz" was suggested to me by a sweet little girl of eleven who called to see me and to talk about the Land of Oz. Said she: "I s'pose if Ozma ever got lost, or stolen, ev'rybody in Oz would be dreadful sorry."
That was all, but quite enough foundation to build this present story on. If you happen to like the story, give credit to my little friend's clever hint.
L. Frank Baum
     Royal Historian of Oz
LIST OF CHAPTERS
1  
A Terrible Loss
2  
The Troubles of Glinda the Good
3  
The Robbery of Cayke the Cookie Cook
4  
Among the Winkies
5  
Ozma's Friends Are Perplexed
6  
The Search Party
7  
The Merry-Go-Round Mountains
8  
The Mysterious City
9  
The High Coco-Lorum of Thi
10  
Toto Loses Something
11  
Button-Bright Loses Himself
12  
The Czarover of Herku
13  
The Truth Pond
14  
The Unhappy Ferryman
15  
The Big Lavender Bear
16  
The Little Pink Bear
17  
The Meeting
18  
The Conference
19  
Ugu the Shoemaker
20  
More Surprises
21  
Magic Against Magic
22  
In the Wicker Castle
23  
The Defiance of Ugu the Shoemaker
24  
The Little Pink Bear Speaks Truly
25  
Ozma of Oz
26  
Dorothy Forgives
THE LOST PRINCESS
BY L. FRANK BAUM
CHAPTER 1
A TERRIBLE LOSS
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