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<h1> The Magic of Oz </h1>
<h3> by </h3>
<h2> L. Frank Baum </h2>
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<h3> To My Readers </h3>
<p>Curiously enough, in the events which have taken place in the last few
years in our "great outside world," we may find incidents so marvelous
and inspiring that I cannot hope to equal them with stories of The Land
of Oz.</p>
<p>However, "The Magic of Oz" is really more strange and unusual than
anything I have read or heard about on our side of The Great Sandy
Desert which shuts us off from The Land of Oz, even during the past
exciting years, so I hope it will appeal to your love of novelty.</p>
<p>A long and confining illness has prevented my answering all the good
letters sent me—unless stamps were enclosed—but from now on I hope to
be able to give prompt attention to each and every letter with which my
readers favor me.</p>
<p>Assuring you that my love for you has never faltered and hoping the Oz
Books will continue to give you pleasure as long as I am able to write
them, I am</p>
<p>Yours affectionately,
<br/><br/>
L. FRANK BAUM,<br/>
"Royal Historian of Oz."<br/>
"OZCOT"<br/>
at HOLLYWOOD<br/>
in CALIFORNIA<br/>
1919<br/></p>
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