Ozma of Oz. Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz

The edition includes two stories by the famous American writer Frank Baum (1856-1919): "Ozma from Oz" and "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz" translated by S. Yu Afonkin. The main heroine of these stories is familiar to readers from the book "The Amazing Wizard of Oz". Now Dorothy Gale from Kansas awaits new adventures, including in the underworld, as well as unexpected encounters with amazing creatures. This edition is illustrated with drawings by American artist John Rea Neill, who once decorated the first publications of Baum's books.
American writer Frank Baum's story of Dorothy. Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, the Cowardly Lion, and the Land of Oz, became a bestseller in the late 19th century. Baum did everything possible to make his characters met with as many young readers as possible - he worked on theatrical productions of his story, drew comic strips for newspapers and magazines, which described the new adventures of his characters. Before beginning his literary career, Frank earned a living selling all sorts of things in a modest store, which he opened in one of the towns of Dakota. The success of the first book prompted Baum - found his gold mine should be developed further. After the first story about the land of Oz followed the second. In it there were new characters - Pumpkinhead Jack, Beetle Kuvyrkun, revived Goats and other characters. The second book was followed by the third. On its pages Dorothy again fell into a magical country inhabited by amazing creatures, and met her old friends - Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Wizard of Oz and many others. In the fourth book, Baum sent his protagonist into the underworld, where Dorothy entered the Glass City and met Mangabeans, invisible bears, and flying gargoyles. Baum diversifies his narrative by reintroducing new characters - Jim the horse, his coachman, the boy Zeb, and the kitty Eureka. You are holding in your hands a translation of Baum's third and fourth books. And this is only part of a long series of stories about the adventures of Dorothy. The first edition of Baum's tale of Oz was published in the United States with illustrations by William Denslow; Baum met him in 1893. He liked the drawings of this artist, who specialized in making posters and posters. In Baum's opinion, such a manner with clear contour lines and large spots of color and needed for a children's book. For Denslow, working with Baum was the pinnacle of his career. All of Baum's subsequent books about Dorothy's adventures were illustrated by another artist, John Rea Neill. It is they who accompany this book as well. Neill began his career as an illustrator drawing comic strips for a Philadelphia newspaper. As with Denslow, Neill's drawings for Frank Baum's stories about the magical land of Oz made this artist famous in the United States. Neill continued to illustrate books about the adventures of Dorothy even after the death of Baum himself, when new stories about the heroes of Oz wrote already Ruth Thompson. When she retired from this work, Neill himself invented several more stories about Oz and illustrated them himself.