莱曼?弗兰克?鲍姆L. Frank Baum （1856-1919），美国儿童文学作家，从15岁开始进行创作，一生共写作62部作品。
他创作的《鹅爸爸的故事》是美国儿童文学史上第一部短篇童话集。1900年，他又创作了《绿野仙踪》（原名《奥茨国的魔术师》）。这本书一问世就取得了巨大成功，被视为20世纪美国儿童文学史上第一部现代童话，从出版一直畅销至今。
从1906年开始，鲍姆以伊迪斯?凡?戴恩（Edith Van Dyne）为笔名写的《简姨妈的侄女们》系列在青少年女生中广为流行。1911年，该系列已经出版的前六部书总销量已经达到了22569册。事实上，在鲍姆晚年，该系列书的销量已经超过了他的《绿野仙踪》系列书。
目錄：
Chapter 1 MISS DOYLE INTERFERES
Chapter 2 THE ARTIST
Chapter 3 DON QUIXOTE
Chapter 4 KENNETH TAKES A BOLD STEP
Chapter 5 PLANNING THE WORK
Chapter 6 A GOOD START
Chapter 7 PATSY MAKES PROGRESS
Chapter 8 THE HONORABLE ERASTUS IS ASTONISHED
Chapter 9 OL'' WILL ROGERS
Chapter 10 THE FORGED CHECK
Chapter 11 A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
Chapter 12 BETH MEETS A REBUFF
Chapter 13 THE BOOMERANG
Chapter 14 LUCY''S GHOST
Chapter 15 SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Chapter 16 A CLEW AT LAST
Chapter 17 MRS. HOPKINS GOSSIPS
Chapter 18 ELIZA PARSONS
Chapter 19 PATSY INDULGES IN EAVESDROPPING
Chapter 20 PRICKING A BUBBLE
Chapter 21 THE "RETURNS" FROM FAIRVIEW
Chapter 22 THE AWAKENING
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正在肯尼思对选举议员的事感到万分沮丧的时候，他收到了约翰叔叔将来拜访的电报。他为即将见到久违的老友兴奋不已，也为摆脱恼人的竞选而感到轻松了许多。约翰叔叔和三个侄女如期而至，三个孩子告诉肯尼思，她们会为肯尼思当选而花钱“运作”。她们将对此事如何操控呢？
The Honorable Erastus Hopkins was thoroughly enjoying his campaign.
He was not an especially popular man in his district, and he knew it. Physically he was big and stout, with a florid face and small eyes that blinked continually. His head was bald, his hands fat and red and his feet enormous.
To offset this Mr. Hopkins wore a silk hat and a "Prince Albert" coat morning, noon and night. His gold watch-chain was huge and imposing; he had a big diamond shirt-stud, and upon his puffy fingers several rings. He conveyed, nevertheless, the impression that he was more prosperous than refined, and the farmers and townsmen were as quick to recognize this as was Mr. Watson himself.
Moreover, the Honorable Erastus was dubbed "close-fisted " by his neighbors. He never spent a penny on anyone but himself, and being unscrupulous in politics he was naturally unscrupulous in smaller things of a business nature. But since he had risen from a stable-boy to his present affluent position he had never been unwise or careless enough to be caught in any crooked action; and while his acquaintances had an indefinite fear of dealing with him they could not accuse him openly.
It seems strange that such a man should have been chosen to represent a wealthy and important district in the State Legislature, but politics can show many a similar case. In the first place, Mr. Hopkins was aggressive, and knew political methods thoroughly. He had usurped the position of Democratic leader in his community and the others were afraid to antagonize him openly. When he was nominated for Representative he managed to dictate, by shrewd methods, the nomination of Thompson, the store-keeper, on the Republican ticket. Thompson owed Hopkins a large sum of money and Hopkins held a mortgage on the stock. Therefore Thompson dared not make a fight, and although the Republican vote was normally the largest in the district, Hopkins had managed to win enough of them to his side to win.
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