Dot and Tot of Merryland

AUTHOR'S NOTE
The success achieved last year by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz —a book that not only ran through many large editions, but brought the author hundreds of letters from interested little folks—has induced me to follow that tale with another, herein presented.
Should Dot and Tot of Merryland win the approval of my young friends, I shall be pleased and contented.
In any event Mr. Denslow's quaint and merry pictures, which, in this book excel all his previous work, will be sure to induce happiness in the heart of every beholder.
L. FRANK BAUM.
Chicago, July 1, 1901.
DEDICATION.
To ev'ry laughter-loving Tot— Whether your name be Dot or not; And may you find a Merryland Forever lying close at hand.
CHAPTER LIST
But, now that the flowers were blooming and the birds singing in the new-leaved trees, she was going, in charge of her governess, to pass the summer at Roselawn, a beautiful country home her father had recently purchased.
You must try not to be lonely, dear, said her father, as he held her little hand in his big, strong one. I have told Miss Bombien to let you run and romp to your heart's content, so the roses may more quickly return to your pale cheeks.
Dot's eyes brightened. To run and romp as she pleased would indeed be a new experience to her, and she was happy even to think of such delight.