本书摘录:
Preface
_ SKY ISLAND
BEING THE FURTHER EXCITING ADVENTURES
OF TROT AND CAP‘N BILL AFTER THEIR
VISIT TO THE SEA FAIRIES
BY L. FRANK BAUM
 ;
TO
MY SISTER
MARY LOUISE BREWSTER
 ;
A LITTLE TALK TO MY READERS
 ;
WITH "The Sea Fairies," my book for 1911, I ventured into a new field of fairy literature and to my delight the book was received with much approval by my former readers, many of whom have written me that they like Trot "almost as well as Dorothy." As Dorothy was an old, old friend and Trot a new one, I think this is very high praise for Cap‘n Bill‘s little companion. Cap‘n Bill is also a new character who seems to have won approval, and so both Trot and the old sailor are again introduced in the present story, which may be called the second of the series of adventures of Trot and Cap‘n Bill.
But you will recognize some other acquaintances in "Sky Island." Here, for instance, is Button-Bright, who once had an adventure with Dorothy in Oz, and without
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