—To My Readers—1.The Earthquake2.The Glass City3.The Arrival of the Wizard4.The Vegetable Kingdom5.Dorothy Picks the Princess6.The Mangaboos Prove Dangerous7.Into the Black Pit and Out Again8.The Valley of Voices9.They Fight the Invisible Bears10.The Braided Man of Pyramid Mountain11.They Meet the Wooden Gargoyles12.A Wonderful Escape13.The Den of the Dragonettes14.Ozma Uses the Magic Belt15.Old Friends are Reunited16.Jim, the Cab-Horse17.The Nine Tiny Piglets18.The Trial of Eureka, the Kitten19.The Wizard Performs Another Trick20.Zeb Returns to the Ranch

It's no use; no use at all. The children won't let me stop telling tales of the Land of Oz. I know lots of other stories, and I hope to tell them, some time or another; but just now my loving tyrants won't allow me. They cry: "Oz—Oz! more about Oz, Mr. Baum!" and what can I do but obey their commands?

This is Our Book—mine and the children's. For they have flooded me with thousands of suggestions in regard to it, and I have honestly tried to adopt as many of these suggestions as could be fitted into one story.

After the wonderful success of "Ozma of Oz" it is evident that Dorothy has become a firm fixture in these Oz stories. The little ones all love Dorothy, and as one of my small friends aptly states: "It isn't a real Oz story without her." So here she is again, as sweet and gentle and innocent as ever, I hope, and the heroine of another strange adventure.