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The Magical Monarch of Mo by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - L. Frank Baum
The Complete Works of
L. FRANK BAUM
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The Magical Monarch of Mo
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L. FRANK BAUM
IN 76 VOLUMES
Parts Edition Contents
The Oz Works
1, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2, The Marvelous Land of Oz
3, The Woggle-Bug Book
4, Ozma of Oz
5, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
6, The Road to Oz
7, The Emerald City of Oz
8, The Patchwork Girl of Oz
9, Little Wizard Stories of Oz
10, Tik-Tok of Oz
11, The Scarecrow of Oz
12, Rinkitink in Oz
13, The Lost Princess of Oz
14, The Tin Woodman of Oz
15, The Magic of Oz
16, Glinda of Oz
17, The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson
Other Fantasy Works
18, The Magical Monarch of Mo
19, Dot and Tot of Merryland
20, American Fairy Tales
21, The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale
22, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
23, The Enchanted Island of Yew
24, Queen Zixi of Ix
25, John Dough and the Cherub
26, The Sea Fairies
27, Sky Island
Non-Fantasy Works Under Baum’s Name
28, The Daring Twins
29, Phoebe Daring
The Pseudonym Works – Fantasy
30, Twinkle and Chubbins
31, Policeman Bluejay
The Pseudonym Works – Non-Fantasy
32, Aunt Jane’s Nieces
33, Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad
34, Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville
35, Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work
36, Aunt Jane’s Nieces in Society
37, Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John
38, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on Vacation
39, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch
40, Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West
41, Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross
42, The Flying Girl
43, The Flying Girl and Her Chum
44, Mary Louise
45, Mary Louise in the Country
46, Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
47, Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
48, Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier
49, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska
50, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama
51, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt
52, The Boy Fortune Hunters in China
53, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan
54, The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas
55, The Fate of a Crown
56, Daughters of Destiny
57, Tamawaca Folks: A Summer Comedy
58, Annabel, a Novel for Young Folk
59, The Last Egyptian
Shorter Fiction
60, Our Landlady
61, Mother Goose in Prose
62, Animal Fairy Tales
63, Uncollected Short Stories
The Poetry Collections
64, By the Candelabra’s Glare
65, Father Goose: His Book
66, The Army Alphabet
67, The Navy Alphabet
68, Father Goose’s Year Book
The Poems
69, List of Poems in Alphabetical Order
The Plays
70, The Maid of Arran
71, The Wizard of Oz
72, The Maid of Athens
73, The King of Gee-Whiz
74, The Pipes O’ Pan
Baumiana
75, Baum Related Articles and Pieces
The Biography
76, In Other Lands Than Ours by Maud Gage-Baum
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The Magical Monarch of Mo
Bobbs-Merrill published L. Frank Baum’s fantasy, The Magical Monarch of Mo, in 1903, illustrated by Frank Ver Beck. Mo is a magical land neighboring the Deadly Desert which surrounds the Land of Oz. Baum first composed the linked stories in the late 1890’s under the title, The King of Phunnyland, but it remained unpublished. In 1900, the publisher, Robert Howard Russell, published a version under the title, A New Wonderland. The best known version is Bobbs-Merrill’s of 1903. Baum’s nonsense stories feature a great variety of royalty and magical characters, from a Cast-Iron Man to a wise donkey, prototypes of characters later appearing in Oz books. In The Scarecrow of Oz, Trot, Cap’n Bill and the Ork travel through Mo on their way to Oz.
A first edition copy of ‘The Magical Monarch of Mo’
CONTENTS
THE FIRST SURPRISE: THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF MO
THE SECOND SURPRISE: THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF THE KING’S HEAD
THE THIRD SURPRISE: THE TRAMP DOG AND THE MONARCH’S LOST TEMPER
THE FOURTH SURPRISE: THE PECULIAR PAINS OF FRUITCAKE ISLAND
THE FIFTH SURPRISE: THE MONARCH CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY
THE SIXTH SURPRISE: KING SCOWLEYOW AND HIS CAST-IRON MAN
THE SEVENTH SURPRISE: TIMTOM AND THE PRINCESS PATTYCAKE
THE EIGHTH SURPRISE: THE BRAVERY OF PRINCE JOLLIKIN
THE NINTH SURPRISE: THE WIZARD AND THE PRINCESS
THE TENTH SURPRISE: THE DUCHESS BREDENBUTTA’S VISIT TO TURVYLAND
THE ELEVENTH SURPRISE: PRINCE FIDDLECUMDOO AND THE GIANT
THE TWELFTH SURPRISE: THE LAND OF THE CIVILIZED MONKEYS
THE THIRTEENTH SURPRISE: THE STOLEN PLUM PUDDING
THE FOURTEENTH SURPRISE: THE PUNISHMENT OF THE PURPLE DRAGON
A copy of the 1947 edition
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. No one is expected to believe them; they were meant to excite laughter and to gladden the heart.
Perhaps some of those big, grown-up people will poke fun of us — at you for reading these nonsense tales of the Magical Monarch, and at me for writing them. Never mind. Many of the big folk are still children — even as you and I. We cannot measure a child by a standard of size or age. The big folk who are children will be our comrades; the others we need not consider at all, for they are self-exiled from our domain.
L. FRANK BAUM.
June, 1903.
THE FIRST SURPRISE: THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF MO
There are several questions you would like to ask at the very beginning of this history. First: Who is the Monarch of Mo? And why is he called the Magical Monarch? And where is Mo, anyhow? And why have you never heard of it before? And can it be reached by a railroad or a trolley-car, or must one walk all the way?
These questions I realize should be answered before we (that we
means you and the book) can settle down for a comfortable reading of all the wonders and astonishing adventures I shall endeavor faithfully to relate.
In the first place, the Monarch of Mo is a very pleasant personage holding the rank of King. He is not very tall, nor is he very short; he is midway between fat and lean; he is delightfully jolly when he is not sad, and seldom sad if he can possibly be jolly. How old he may be I have never dared to inquire; but when we realize that he is destined to live as long as the Valley of Mo exists we may reasonably suppose the Monarch of Mo is exactly as old as his native land. And no one in Mo has ever reckoned up the years to see how many they have been. So we will just say that the Monarch of Mo and the Valley of Mo are each a part of the other, and can not be separated.
He is not called the Magical Monarch because he deals in magic — for he doesn’t deal in magic. But he leads such a queer life in such a queer country that his history will surely seem magical to us who inhabit the civilized places of the world and think that anything we can not find a reason for must be due to magic. The life of the Monarch of Mo seems simple enough to him, you may be sure, for he knows no other existence. And our ways of living, could he know of them, would doubtless astonish him greatly.
The land of Mo, which is ruled by the King we call the Magical Monarch, is often spoken of as the Beautiful Valley.
If they would only put it on the maps of our geographies and paint it pink or light green, and print a big round dot where the King’s castle stands, it