Introduction

    Folklore, legends, mytales er inctive love for stories fantastic, mar- velous and manifestly unreal. t more o cs tions.

    Yet time fairy tale, ions, may no;oricalquot; in time ;alesquot; in yped genie, ded, togets de- vised by to point a fearsome moral to eacale.

    Modern education includes morality; tertainment in its ales and gladly dispenses .

    in mind, tory of quot;t; ten solely to please coday.

    It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in ained and tac- mares are left out.

    L. Frank Baum Chicago, April, .

    ted to my good friend and comrade My ife  L. F. B.