I believe that this and upcoming chapters existed to advertise some of Mr. Baum's non-Oz books, so if someone sounds interesting, look them up! F'r instance, according to Wikipedia, the characters introduced at the end of this chapter are from a book called *John Dough and the Cherub*.
I believe that this and upcoming chapters existed to advertise some of Mr. Baum's non-Oz books, so if someone sounds interesting, look them up! F'r instance, according to Wikipedia, the characters introduced at the end of this chapter are from a book called *John Dough and the Cherub*.
That explains a lot!
That's a lot of new characters at once!
Chick would be thought of as a "test tube baby" now.