The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People, by L. Frank Baum, Illustrated by Frank Ver Beck This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People Author: L. Frank Baum Release Date: July 10, 2005 [eBook #16259] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF THE MAGICAL MONARCH OF MO AND HIS PEOPLE*** E-text prepared by Michael Gray (Lost_Gamer@comcast.net) The Suprising Adventures of The Magical Monarch of Mo And His People by L. FRANK BAUM With pictures by Frank Ver Beck 1903 To the Comrade of my boyhood days Dr. Henry Clay Baum THIS book has been written for children. I have no shame in acknowledging that I, who wrote it, am also a child; for since I can remember my eyes have always grown big at tales of the marvelous, and my heart is still accustomed to go pit-a-pat when I read of impossible adventures. It is the nature of children to scorn realities, which crowd into their lives all too quickly with advancing years. Childhood is the time for fables, for dreams, for joy. These stories are not true; they could no be true and be so marvelous.