[Illustration: WEAVING THE MAGIC CLOAK.] QUEEN ZIXI OF IX Or, the Story of the Magic Cloak BY L. FRANK BAUM AUTHOR OF “THE WIZARD OF OZ” WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY FREDERICK RICHARDSON [Illustration: Cameo of Queen Zixi] TORONTO THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY LIMITED 1905 Copyright, 1904, 1905, by L. FRANK BAUM All Rights Reserved _Published October, 1905_ PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS, BROOKLYN, N. Y. FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THREE COLORS BY THE DE VINNE PRESS TO MY SON FRANK JOSLYN BAUM CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Weaving of the Magic Cloak 3 CHAPTER II. The Book of Laws 17 CHAPTER III. The Gift of the Magic Cloak 29 CHAPTER IV. King Bud of Noland 43 CHAPTER V. Princess Fluff 55 CHAPTER VI. Bud Dispenses Justice 67 CHAPTER VII. The Wings of Aunt Rivette 81 CHAPTER VIII. The Royal Reception 93 CHAPTER IX. Jikki has a Wish Granted 107 CHAPTER X. The Counselors Wear the Magic Cloak 117 CHAPTER XI. The Witch-Queen 137 CHAPTER XII. Zixi Disguises Herself 149 CHAPTER XIII. Tullydub Rescues the Kingdom 158 CHAPTER XIV. The Rout of the Army of Ix 173 CHAPTER XV. The Theft of the Magic Cloak 181