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ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK KRAMER

THE REILLY & LEE CO. CHICAGO

THE MAGICAL MIMICS IN OZ

COPYRIGHT 1946 BY THE REILLY & LEE CO.

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

Straight for the mountain flew the birds

TO THE CHILDREN

As long as I can remember, I have been reading Oz books, and now I am very proud and happy to have been permitted to write a book about the latest happenings in the Land of Oz.

Mr. Kramer has made many delightful illustrations for this book, and I know you will enjoy the fun and life that he has so skillfully put into his pictures.

As for the Magical Mimics, I think you will agree with me that these surprising creatures made things pretty exciting for our Oz friends while they were in the Emerald City. Nevertheless, now that the Mimics are powerless, I am inclined to forgive them; since, had it not been for them, Dorothy and the Wizard would not have discovered winsome little Ozana and her Story Blossom Garden.

I hope this story pleases you and that you will write me many letters—all of which I promise to answer as soon as possible. I am sure that your suggestions and ideas will be of great help to me in writing future Oz books, and I am looking forward with much pleasure to receiving them.

Jack Snow.

January 10, 1946.

This Book Is Dedicated to My Mother Roselyn Hyde Snow

CONTENTS

1.Toto Carries a Message

2.Ozma and Glinda Go Away

3.Mount Illuso

4.The Mimics Mean Mischief

5.Prisoners of the Mimics

6.Dorothy and the Wizard Speak Strangely

7.In the Cavern of the Doomed

8.Toto Makes a Discovery

9.Mr. and Mrs. Hi-Lo

10.The Village of Pineville

11.Princess Ozana

12.Story Blossom Garden

13.The Three Swans

14.The Mimic Monarchs Lock Themselves In

15.In the Chamber of Magic

16.A Web Is Woven

17.The Mimics in the Emerald City

18.The Return of Ozma and Glinda

19.Ozana's Fairy Arts

20.In the Mirrored Ballroom

21.The Shattering of the Mirrors

22.What the Magic Picture Revealed

23.The Grand Banquet