Magus Mirabilis in Oz

By L. Frank Baum, translated into Latin by C. J. Hinke and George Van Buren

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“Ego sum Vigil Portarum, et quoniam postulatis Oz Magnum videre oportet me ad regiam eius vos ducere. Sed primum oportet inducere perspicilla.”		“I am the Guardian of the Gates, and since you demand to see the Great Oz I must take you to his palace. But first you must put on the spectacles.”
“Cur?” rogavit Dorothea.		“Why?” asked Dorothy.
“Quia nisi perspicilla gereretis splendor et decus Urbis Smaragdorum vos caecaret. Etiam incolis Urbis perspicilla dies noctesque gerenda sunt. In hac arca clauduntur, sic enim Oz imperavit cum primum Urbs condita est, et ego solam clavem habeo qua hanc arcam reserare valeam.”		“Because if you did not wear spectacles the brightness and glory of the Emerald City would blind you. Even those who live in the City must wear spectacles night and day. They are all locked on, for Oz so ordered it when the City was first built, and I have the only key that will unlock them.”
Arcam magnam aperuit, et Dorothea vidit eam perspicillorum omnis generis plenam esse. Omnibus vitra erant viridia. Vigil Portarum perspicillum Dorotheae aptum repperit et oculis imposuit.		He opened the big box, and Dorothy saw that it was filled with spectacles of every size and shape. All of them had green glasses in them. The Guardian of the Gates found a pair that would just fit Dorothy and put them over her eyes.
Magus Mirabilis in Oz esas rakonto di L. Frank Baum pri puerino nomizita Dorothy, qua kun sua hundo Toto esas portita da ciklono de Kansas ad la stranja e belega lando di Oz. Hike el decidas vizitar la Smeralda Urbo por demandar de olua regnanto, sorcisto nomita Oz, ke lu retrosendez el adheme. Survoye el konoceskas Terorigilo, qua serchas cerebro; Stana Hakisto, qua deziras havar kordio; e Poltrona Leono, l’unika deziro di qua esas posedar kurajo. La grupeto renkontras multa danjeri e marveloza aventuri, ma sekure atingas la Smeralda Urbo, lia suceso debita a la pensemeso dil Terorigilo, la tenera sorgemeso dil Stana Hakisto, e la senpavoreso dil Poltrona Leono. To esas la libro qua inspiris la famoza cinemo-filmo de 1939 – qua multe diferas de la libro originala!		The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is L. Frank Baum's story of a little girl named Dorothy, who with her dog Toto is carried by a tornado from Kansas to the strange and beautiful land of Oz. Here she decides to visit the Emerald City to ask its ruler, a wizard called Oz, to send her back home again. On the way she meets a Scarecrow, who is in search of brains; a Tin Woodman, who wishes to have a heart; and a Cowardly Lion, whose one desire is to possess courage. The little party encounter many dangers and marvelous adventures on the way, but reach the Emerald City in safety, their success being due to the thoughtfulness of the Scarecrow, the tender care of the Tin Woodman, and the fearlessness of the Cowardly Lion. This is the book that inspired the famous 1939 film -- which differs from the original book in quite a few ways!
Ica libro kolorizita kontenas la ilustruri originala da William Wallace Denslow, qui esis skanita de exempleri dil unesma edituro. Esas 24 plaki kolorizita e 150 ilustruri textala, multi de li adaptita a la Linguo Internaciona Latin. La libro esas kompostita per maniero simila ad olta dil unesma edituro, kun ula pluboniguri tipografala por la lektanto moderna.		This full-colour book contains the original illustrations by William Wallace Denslow which were were scanned from copies of the first edition. There are 24 colour plates and 150 text illustrations, many localized into Latin. The book has been typeset a fashion similar to that of the first edition, with some typographic improvements for the modern reader.