 First book edition | |
| Author | L. Frank Baum |
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| Illustrator | Frederick Richardson |
| Language | English |
| Series | Oz books |
| Genre | Children's fantasy |
| Set in | Forest of Burzee, Noland, Ix |
| Publisher | St. Nicholas The Century Company (book) |
Publication date | November 1904 – October 1905 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Serial) |
Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak, is a children's book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by Frederick Richardson.[1] It was originally serialized in the early 20th-century American children's magazine St. Nicholas from November 1904 to October 1905,[2] and was published in book form later in 1905 by The Century Company. The events of the book alternate between Noland and Ix, two neighboring regions to the Land of Oz. Baum himself commented this was the best book he had yet written. In a letter to his eldest son, Frank Joslyn Baum, he said it was "nearer to the "old-fashioned" fairy tale than anything I have yet accomplished," and in many respects, it adheres more closely to the fairy tale structure than the Oz books.[3]
The book was made into the 1914 film The Magic Cloak of Oz. Although no part of the book's story takes place in the Land of Oz, by the time the movie was made, it had become clear that the Oz franchise was Baum's most popular creation.
The copyright to Queen Zixi of Ix was acquired by Dover Publications in 1971, and the book was re-released with its original illustrations and a new introduction by Martin Gardner (ISBN 0-486-22691-3). Like all books published in the U.S. before 1923, it is now in the public domain.[4]
- ^ Patrick M. Maund and Peter E. Hanff, "Bibliographia Baumiana: Queen Zixi of Ix", The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 29–30.
- ^ Peter E. Hanff, "The original Serial Publication of Queen Zixi of Ix", The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 31–32.
- ^ Attebery, Brian (1980). The Fantasy Tradition in American Literature. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0-253-35665-2.
- ^ "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine", Cornell University.