readers of what age are your books intended?" It
puzzled me to answer that properly, until I had looked
over some of the letters I have received. One says:
"I'm a little boy 5 years old, and I just love your
Oz stories. My sister, who is writing this for me,
reads me the Oz books, but I wish I could read them
myself." Another letter says: "I'm a great girl 13
years old, so you'll be surprised when I tell you I am
not too old yet for the Oz stories." Here's another
letter: "Since I was a young girl I've never missed
getting a Baum book for Christmas. I'm married
now, but am as eager to get and read the Oz stories
as ever." And still another writes: "My good wife
and I both more than 70 years of age, believe that
we find more real enjoyment in your Oz books than
in any other books we read." Considering these state-
ments, I wrote the college professor that my books
are intended for all those whose hearts are young,
no matter what their ages may be

I think I am justified in promising that there will
be some astonishing revelations about The Magic of
Oz in my book for 1919.

Always your loving and grateful friend,

L. FRANK BAUM.
Royal Historian of Oz.

"OZCOT"
at HOLLYWOOD
in CALIFORNIA
1918.

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