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caps over the joints, like the armor worn
by knights In days OF old.
He proved, after Dorothy had wound
him UP and got him working, a valu-
able friend indeed, but Billina yell
low hen. who was .Dorothy's first com
panion when she started on this adyen-
tuye. finally turned out to be the one
whs rescued Dorothy. Princess Ozma,
the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger,
the scarecrow the Tin Woodman and all
the others, from the wrath of King
Roquat when they invaded his domain
to rescue the Queen of Ev and her
children from the slavery in which he
held them.
When Dorothy left her home at the
beginning of the story. she had no idea
that all these adventures were to en-
sue, for she started to take quiet
vacation with her uncle Henry. On
their way across the ocean a storm
washed Dorothy overheard aDd the
waves carried her to the Land of Ev.
There she met all the wonderful people
just told about and with them went to
the dominions of King Roquat, the king
of the Underground World.
He had magic powers which enabled
him to transform any one into anything
which he pleased and this he had done
with the poor queen and the princesses,
Dorothy and Ozma wanted TO rescue.
Thanks to Billina, Dorothy obtained his
magic belt without which he was pow
erless, rescued her friends. escaped
from the cruel king and made every
body happy. How fascinating a story
all this is to old or young, anyone who
knows Mr.. Baums work can readily
understand.
ozma of or. BY L. Frank Baum.
Chicago, The Reilly g. Britton company.
af n
Cuba" is an exposition of the Spanish
policy governing the slave trade in Cuba.
1t shows the causes of the trade In Cuba,
the effect of it on Cuba, Spain and the
civilized world in general. In pursuing
the subject of his investigation the au-
thor covers more than his own special
field of interest, and throws an impor-
tant light not only on the nature of the
slave trade, but also upon the manners
customs and temper of Cuba and Spain
in the periods of which he treats. Politi-
cal, social and economic conditions bear
ing on or influenced by the trade are ex-
planned as fully as space permits.
A History of Slavery in Cuba. BY DIR.
Aimes. New York G. p. Putnam's Sons.
Justus Miles Forman, author of "a
Stumbling Block Is still young, being
but little more than 30 years OF age. lie
was born in the town of lie Roy, in
Genesee county, N. Y.
Mr.. Forman is a graduate of Yale, and
after leaving college decided to become a
painter, and with that career in view
studied for a TIME in Paris, in the Ateliers
Julien, under Bouguereau, Boshchet, and
others.
Painting, however did not long remain
the object of his ambition. He felt i'm
PEELED to write stories. and from the first
he was highly successful in his new field.
From being a writer of short stories he
naturally developed into a writer of
novels, and produced a charming story Of
the eastern shore of the Adriatic.
He realized, however, that his greatest
efficiency lay in writing Of the present
day-in setting forth the romance and the
story interest that lie all about us, here
and in this twentieth century; and SO he
loves to write of American characters in
American surroundings, although he
spends half of each year in roaming to
the most distant ana out-of-the-way parts
OF the world. Last year appeared his
''Buehanan's Wife, powerful story OF
the present day, and now comes "a