Chapter I: Front Matter

The YELLOW KNIGHT of OZ

By RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON

Founded on and continuing the Famous Oz Stories
By L. FRANK BAUM
"Royal Historian of Oz"

_Illustrated by_
JOHN R. NEILL

The Reilly & Lee Co.

Chicago
New York

COPYRIGHT 1930
_by
The_ REILLY & LEE CO.

All Rights reserved

_Dear Boys, and Dear Girls_:

The tip top of the year to you!
Good times and wishes!
Grand fun and good cheer to you!
And in this new book
Full of merry Oz folks
You may read of the quest
Of Sir Hokus of Pokes--
Of a strange Yellow Knight
And Stampedro, his horse.
There's a wicked old Shah,
And a Princess, of course.
I know I'll enjoy
All the letters you'll write
When you've finished the tale
Of this jolly old Knight.
What ho and what hey!
For adventures, I say!
And I'll write you some more
In a year and a day. (Really.)

RUTH PLUMLY THOMPSON.

254 S. Farragut Terrace, West Philadelphia, Penn.

This book is dedicated to
my very dear
and very little
Aunt Gertrude!

_Ruth Plumly Thompson, 1930_

CONTENTS

1 Sir Hokus Plans a Quest

2 The Knight's First Adventure

3 Queen Marcia of Marshland

4 Ploppa and Sir Hokus Escape

5 Concerning a Camel

6 Tuzzle at the Court of Oz

7 The Cruise of the Skyrocket

8 A Golden Princess

9 Sir Hokus Meets an Old Friend

10 The Deserted City

11 The Knight Loses His Camel

12 Camy at the Sultan's Court

13 King of the Quix!

14 The Enchanted Forest

15 Five Travellers Meet

16 Speedy in Samandra

17 The Restoration of Corumbia

18 The Return of the Yellow Knight

19 For the Hand of a Princess

20 The Marriage of Marygolden