Original title: "The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale" Literature used: 1) book "The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale", publishing house "Bowen-Merrill Company", USA, Indianapolis, 1901 // 2) book "The Magic Switch", publishing house "Time", Russia, Moscow, 2004, ISBN: 5-94117-099-8 Translator: Sergey Anatolyevich Aleksandrovsky Artist: Fannie Young Corey ContentsChapter 1. Rob and his workshopChapter 2. Electric GenieChapter 3. Three GiftsChapter 4. Test of GiftsChapter 5. Cannibal IslandChapter 6. FilibustersChapter 7. The Genie is AngryChapter 8. Rob's Power IncreasesChapter 9. The Second JourneyChapter 10. How Rob Served the Great SovereignChapter 11. The PunditChapter 12. Rob Saves the French RepublicChapter 13. Rob loses his treasures Chapter 14. Tatars and Turks Chapter 15. Battle with monstersChapter 16. The castawaysChapter 17. The Oregon coastChapter 18. A hair's breadth away from troubleChapter 19. A boy makes a decisionChapter 20. The ill-fated fate of the Electric Genie Written in 1901, the story is intended for teenage boys, all those who I like incredible adventures and exciting events. Nevertheless, the story will appeal to many girls and adults. A boy named Rob Joslyn is interested in electricity. One day, working in his workshop in the attic of a house, he accidentally touches the Magic Switch and thereby summons its servant, the Electric Genie. The Genie presents Rob with amazing electrical gifts on the condition that he show them to all of humanity. Among the gifts readers will encounter are some modern devices: mobile phone, portable TV, stun gun, as well as devices not yet invented by people: glasses that determine the character of any person; a gravitational machine capable of moving a person through the air at high speed in any direction; electric tablets that satisfy hunger for the whole day, and others. Traveling around the planet and experiencing wonderful objects, the boy gets into various troubles and more than once finds himself on the brink of death. As a result, Rob concludes that the world is not yet ready to accept the Electric Genie's gifts. But such a day will definitely come, but for now the Genie can only wait until one day someone else manages to touch the Magic Switch. And who knows if the Genie will then reveal even more secrets to humanity? Source: Dear friends! I bring to your attention a collection of fairy tales by the wonderful American children's writer Lyman Frank Baum in Russian. All books are homemade and have never been published in this form. I wanted to convey to you the charm of old books, present them in an authentic, undistorted and unpainted form. It was precisely these fairy tales with stunning, magnificent drawings that American children read 100 years ago. For my works, I used only original illustrations from Baum's first editions of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. All the drawings have been restored, the inscriptions have been Russified, because my books are intended for Russian-speaking readers. Some of them have special wide margins, on which contain illustrations, as was done in Baum's original books. I would like to note that in addition to the classic books about the Land of Oz, other works of the writer that are less known in our country are also distributed here, such as “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus”, “Queen Zixie from Country X”, “Sea Fairies”, “The Island in heaven" and others. There are currently 16 books being given away, 10 of which are about Oz. Unfortunately, due to family circumstances, work on the project has been suspended. Sincerely, pavel_7_8