The Lost King of Oz
BY RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories
BY
L. FRANK BAUM
"Royal Historian of Oz"
Illustrated by
JOHN R. NEILL
The Reilly & Lee Co.Chicago
Printed in the United States of America
Copyright, 1925
By
The Reilly & Lee Co.
All Rights Reserved
The Lost King of Oz
This book is dedicated to
My Best Girl--Mother
RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON
Dear Boys and Girls:
A whole book full of news has happened in Oz since I wrote to youlast year. But before I tell a word of it, I must thank you for thewonderful letters you have written to me. It is fine to know whichof the dear old Ozzy celebrities you like best, so please do keep onwriting. If you tell me all the Oz news you hear, I'll tell you allI hear. Is it a bargain? Well, the most surprising news right now isabout the Lost King.
"Lost! Lost! Lost! What an exciting word!" writes a little girl to whomI confided the secret. "Who is he? Where was he and will he replaceOzma on the throne?"
I could hardly wait to find out the answers to all of these questionsmy own self and if it had not been for Snip, the little Button Boy andPajuka, the goose, I never would have discovered them.
Almost everybody is in this adventure—even Kabumpo had a trunk in theaffair. When you have read the whole strange story, let me know whatyou think of Mombi's wicked behavior, will you?
And I cannot say good-bye without a big cheer for every boy and girlwho believes in OZ! Lots of love to you!
RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON.
254 S. Farragut Terrace,
Philadelphia,
July, 1925.
The Lost King of Oz
Princess Ozma has ruled so wisely and happily in the wonderful Land ofOz for so long that most of us have forgotten the strange story of theLost King of Oz—Ozma's father.
As everyone in Oz knows, the King was transformed from his royal selfby Mombi, the wicked old Gilliken witch, and lost his throne and hiscrown when he, himself, was lost.
In this new Oz book the Royal Historian tells how Snip, the littlebuttonboy, and Pajuka, the great white goose—who had been the lostKing's prime minister in the good old days—set out from the jollyKingdom of Kimbaloo to find the King and to petition Princess Ozma topunish Mombi for her wicked mischief.
Princess Dorothy meets Snip and Pajuka, as she returns from a suddenand curious visit to Hollywood with a funny and friendly moving picturedummy, and the four adventurers are whisked to the Emerald City byKabumpo, the Elegant Elephant. At the Court of Ozma the Scarecrow andthe Wizard of Oz join in the attempt to find the Los