he very marked success of my last year's fairy book, 'The Patchwork Girl of Oz,' convinces me that my readers like the Oz stories 'best of all,' as one little girl wrote me. So here, my dears, is a new Oz story in which is introduced Ann Soforth, the Queen of Oogaboo, whom Tik-Tok assisted in conquering our old acquaintance, the Nome King. It also tells of Betsy Bobbin and how, after many adventures, she finally reached the marvelous Land of Oz.