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Title: Rinkitink in Oz

Author: L. Frank Baum

Illustrator: John R. Neill

Release Date: May 24, 2008 [EBook #25581]

Language: English

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RINKITINK IN OZ

BY

L. FRANK BAUM

AUTHOR OF

The Road to Oz, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The
Emerald City of Oz, The Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz,
The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Tik-Tok of
Oz, The Scarecrow of Oz

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ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHN R. NEILL

The Reilly & Britton Co.
Chicago

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Copyright 1916
By L. Frank Baum

ALL RIGHTS
RESERVED

To
My New Grandson--
Robert Alison Baum

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INTRODUCING THIS STORY

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Here is a story with a boy hero, and a boy of whom you have never before
heard. There are girls in the story, too, including our old friend
Dorothy, and some of the characters wander a good way from the Land of
Oz before they all assemble in the Emerald City to take part in Ozma's
banquet. Indeed, I think you will find this story quite different from
the other histories of Oz, but I hope you will not like it the less on
that account.

If I am permitted to write another Oz book it will tell of some
thrilling adventures encountered by Dorothy, Betsy Bobbin, Trot and the
Patchwork Girl right in the Land of Oz, and how they discovered some
amazing creatures that never could have existed outside a fairyland. I
have an idea that about the time you are reading this story of Rinkitink
I shall be writing that story of Adventures in Oz.

Don't fail to write me often and give me your advice and suggestions,
which I always appreciate. I get a good many letters from my readers,
but every one is a joy to me and I answer them as soon as I can find
time t