The Marvelous Land of Oz

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Author: L. Frank Baum

Author’s Note

AFTER the publication of "The Wonderful Wizard of OZ" I began to receive letters from children, telling me of their pleasure in reading the story and asking me to "write something more" about the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman. At first I considered these little letters, frank and earnest though they were, in the light of pretty compliments; but the letters continued to come during succeeding months, and even years.

Finally I promised one little girl, who made a long journey to see me and prefer her request, — and she is a "Dorothy," by the way — that when a thousand little girls had written me a thousand little letters asking for the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman I would write the book, Either little Dorothy was a fairy in disguise, and waved her magic wand, or the success of the stage production of "The Wizard of OZ" made new friends for the story, For the thousand letters reached their destination long since — and many more followed them.

And now, although pleading guilty to long delay, I have kept my promise in this book.

L. FRANK BAUM.

Chicago, June, 1904

To those excellent
good fellows
and
comedians
David C.
Montgomery
and
Frank A. Stone
whose clever
personations of
the
Tin Woodman
and the
Scarecrow
have delighted
thousands of
children
throughout the land,
this book is
gratefully dedicated
by
THE AUTHOR

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Chicago: L. Frank Baum, "Author’s Note," The Marvelous Land of Oz, ed. Altemus, Henry in The Marvelous Land of Oz Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NP6GA9L4Y5T4D63.

MLA: Baum, L. Frank. "Author’s Note." The Marvelous Land of Oz, edited by Altemus, Henry, in The Marvelous Land of Oz, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NP6GA9L4Y5T4D63.

Harvard: Baum, LF, 'Author’s Note' in The Marvelous Land of Oz, ed. . cited in , The Marvelous Land of Oz. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NP6GA9L4Y5T4D63.