Images of Ev by John R. Neill
As a public service, allow me to post a few more images by John R. Neill. These come from the book OZMA OF OZ, which tells of Dorothy’s return to the land of Oz by way of the land of Ev, whose royal family needs rescuing from the Nome King.
This first illustration should be explained. Allow me to quote from the surrounding text. Tiktok the Clockwork Man is talking, and, of course, he talks in a clicking, ticking monotone as clockworks naturally would. He describes the unfortunately loss of his maker, a Mr. Tinker:
“Mis-ter Tin-ker,” continued Tiktok, “made a lad-der so tall that he could rest the end of it a-gainst the moon, while he stood on the high-est rung and picked the lit-tle stars to set in the points of the king’s crown. But when he got to the moon Mis-ter Tin-ker found it such a love-ly place that he de-cid-ed to live there, so he pulled up the lad-der af-ter him and we have nev-er seen him since.”
“He must have been a great loss to this country,” said Dorothy.
“He was,” acknowledged Tiktok. “Also he is a great loss to me. For if I should get out of or-der I do not know of an-y one a-ble to re-pair me, be-cause I am so com-pli-cat-ed. You have no i-de-a how full of ma-chin-er-y I am.”
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
