Image: The marvelous land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman a sequel to the Wizard of Oz (1904) (14566843417)

Description: Identifier: marvelouslandofo00baum (find matches) Title: The marvelous land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman ... a sequel to the Wizard of Oz Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill Subjects: Fantasy Publisher: Chicago : The Reilly & Britton co. Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ushedaway through the door to see if the poor childrenwere injured by the fall. The scholars followedafter him in a wild mob, and I was left alone in theschool-room, still in a Highly-Magnified state andfree to do as I pleased. It immediately occurred to me that this was agood opportunity to escape. I was proud of mygreat size, and realized that now I could safelytravel anywhere in the world, while my superiorculture would make me a fit associate for the mostlearned person I might chance to meet. So, while the Professor picked the little girls —who were more frightened than hurt — off theground, and the pupils clustered around him closelygrouped, I calmly walked out of the school-house,turned a corner, and escaped unnoticed to a groveof trees that stood near. Wonderful! exclaimed the Pumpkinhead, ad-miringly. It was, indeed, agreed the Woggle-Bug. I 152 A Highly Magnified History have never ceased to congratulate myself for escapingwhile I was Highly Magnified; for even my excess- Text Appearing After Image: ive knowledge would have proved of little use tome had I remained a tiny, insignificant insect.I didnt know before, said Tip, looking at the 153 A Highly Magnified History Wogglc-Bug with a puzzled expression, that insectswore clothes. Nor do they, in their natural state, returnedthe stranger. <l But in the course of my wanderingsI had the good fortune to save the ninth life of atailor—tailors having, like cats, nine lives, as youprobably know. The fellow was exceedingly grate-ful, for had he lost that ninth life it would have beenthe end of him; so he begged permission to furnishme with the stylish costume I now wear. It fitsvery nicely,does it not? and the Woggle-Bug stoodup and turned himself around slowly, that all mightexamine his person. He must have been a good tailor, said theScarecrow, somewhat enviously. He was a good-hearted tailor, at any rate, ob-served Nick Chopper. But where were you going, when you met us?Tip asked the Woggle-Bug. Nowhere in particular,was the rep Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The marvelous land of Oz; being an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman a sequel to the Wizard of Oz (1904) (14566843417)
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