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''Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross'' is a 1915 young adult novel written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz. It is the tenth and final volume in Baum's ''Aunt Jane's Nieces'' series of books for adolescent girls — the second greatest success of his publishing career, after the Oz books themselves. As with all the previous books in the series, ''Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross'' was released under the pen name "Edith Van Dyne," one of Baum's various pseudonyms.〔"Edith Van Dyne," ''Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross'', Chicago, Reilly & Britton, 1915.〕 The book is noteworthy in Baum's canon for its expression of his views and feelings on World War I.〔Katharine M. Rogers, ''L. Frank Baum, Creator of Oz: A Biography'', New York, St. Martin's Press, 2002; p. 218.〕 ==Foreword== The book was furnished with an introductory note by "Edith Van Dyne," an unusual though not unprecedented step for books in the series. (The second book, ''Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad'', also features an author's introduction.) In this introduction, Baum wrote, :"This is the story of how three brave American girls sacrificed the comforts and luxuries of home to go abroad and nurse the wounded soldiers of a foreign war. :"I wish I might have depicted more gently the scenes in hospital and on battlefield, but it is well that my girl readers should realize something of the horrors of war, that they may unite with heart and soul in earnest appeal for universal, lasting Peace and the future abolition of all deadly strife."〔Angelica Shirley Carpenter and Jean Shirley, ''L. Frank Baum, Royal Historian of Oz'', Minneapolis, Lerner Publications, 1992; p. 119.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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