CAPTAIN SALT IN OZ _By_ RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories _By_ L. FRANK BAUM "Royal Historian of Oz" _Illustrated by_ JOHN R. NEILL The Reilly & Lee Co. CHICAGO Copyright, 1936 by THE REILLY & LEE CO. All rights reserved Printed in the U.S.A. * * * * * Dear Boys and Girls: Another year-- Another book, And this time a voyage That Sam Salt took In that good old Ship, The _Crescent Moon_-- Steering by compass, By star and moon, To discover new countries For OZ. Hear! Hear! He's discovered a whole New Hemisphere! Three cheers for Sam, And his jolly crew, And three for OZ And three for YOU, And three for me, Though I don't need cheer 'Cause the letters you write Keep me gay ALL year! So keep writing to me about Oz and everything, will you? And remember to put your full name and complete address on the letter. Righto! And Best till I hear from you! RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON. * * * * * THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH MY BEST BOW AND TOP WISHES TO MY PUBLISHER. --_Ruth Plumly Thompson_ * * * * * LIST OF CHAPTERS 1 SAIL HO! 2 ANCHORS AWEIGH 3 THE FIRE BABY 4 SAMUEL'S FIRST SPECIMEN 5 PATRIPPANY ISLAND 6 A LITTLE WILD MAN 7 STRANGE SPECIMENS FOR SAMUEL SALT 8 MAXIMS FOR MONARCHS 9 SEA LEGS FOR TANDY 10 THE CITY OF BRIDGES 11 THE PRINCE OF THE PEAKS 12 FOG 13 THE SEA FOREST 14 THE SEA UNICORN! 15 THE COLLECTOR IS COLLECTED 16 THE STORM! 17 THE OLD MAN OF THE JUNGLE! 18 A NEW COUNTRY 19 BOGLODORE'S REVENGE 20 KING TANDY 21 A VOYAGE RESUMED CHAPTER 1 Sail Ho! Eight miles east of Pingaree lies the eight-sided island of King Ato the Eighth. While not so large as Pingaree, the Octagon Isle is nevertheless one of the tidiest and most pleasing of the sea realms that dot the great green rolling expanses of the Nonestic Ocean. And Ato himself is as pleasing as his island, enormously fat and jolly with a kind word for everyone.