Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writ
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前The Army of Children which besieged the Postoffice, conquered the Postmen and delivered to me its imperious Commands, insisted that Trot and Cap'n Bill be admitted to the Land of Oz, where Trot could
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前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
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前Perhaps I should admit on the title page that this book is "By L. Frank Baum and his correspondents," for I have used many suggestions conveyed to me in letters from children. Once
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前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 Columbu
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前Glinda, the good Sorceress of Oz, sat in the grand court of her palace, surrounded by her maids of honor—a hundred of the most beautiful girls of the Fairyland of Oz. The palace court was b
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前The very marked success of my last year's fairy book, "The Patchwork Girl of Oz," convinces me that my readers like the Oz stories "best of all," as one little gir
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前I know that some of you have been waiting for this story of the Tin Woodman, because many of my correspondents have asked me, time and again what ever became of the "pretty Munchkin girl&
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前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
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前On the east edge of the Land of Oz, in the Munchkin Country, is a big, tall hill called Mount Munch. One one side, the bottom of this hill just touches the Deadly Sandy Desert that separates the Fair
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前This story of Sky Island has astonished me considerably, and I think it will also astonish you. The sky country is certainly a remarkable fair land, but after reading about it I am sure you will agre
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前When Rob became interested in electricity his clear-headed father considered the boy's fancy to be instructive as well as amusing; so he heartily encouraged his son, and Rob never lacked batteries, m
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前The wind blew hard and joggled the water of the ocean, sending ripples across its surface. Then the wind pushed the edges of the ripples until they became waves, and shoved the waves around until the
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前THE oceans are big and broad. I believe two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered with water. What people inhabit this water has always been a subject of curiosity to the inhabitants of the land.
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前Well, my dears, here is what you have asked for: another "Oz Book" about Dorothy's strange adventures. Toto is in this story, because you wanted him to be there, and many other char
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前Have you heard of the great Forest of Burzee? Nurse used to sing of it when I was a child. She sang of the big tree-trunks, standing close together, with their roots intertwining below the earth and
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前If you will refer to the time-table of the D. R. & G. Railway you will find that the station of Chargrove is marked with a character dagger (†), meaning that trains stop there only
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前The author wishes to acknowledge her indebtedness to Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss and Mr. Wilbur Wright for courtesies extended during the preparation of this manuscript. These skillful and clever aviators,
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前No one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it happened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another. Mrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the Women's
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前LITTLE ONES IN TROUBLE,POLICEMAN BLUEJAY,THE CHILD-LARKS
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前ONE day Mr. H. M. Woggle-Bug, T. E., becoming separated from his comradesand finding that time hung heavy on his hands.
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前The three young women, Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, met in the first volume of the series on the estate of their Aunt Jane, who was dying and trying to decide which niece would rece
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前作者《Mary Louise》系列作品之一
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前Daughters of Destiny is a 1906 adventure novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the author of the Oz books.
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.
作者:Lyman Frank Baum 弗兰克·鲍姆9个月前