Palace of the Red Jinn
also castle of the Red Jinn · Red Jinn's palace
The glittering red glass palace of the Red Jinn, standing on a beach of glass splinters beside a green glass sea, where Jack Pumpkinhead is carried by the magic dinner bell to ask for help.
First named in Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 16
In about three whirls and one spiral Jack found himself on the steps of a glittering red glass palace.
Where this is
placed Beyond the desert worked out
read out of the chapters cited on this page, not stated in any one sentence of them
Jack asks why the turbaned courtiers cannot shake hands 'like we do in Oz' and the slave replies that 'Every country has its own customs', placing the palace in a country outside Oz.
Names in the books
What the books say it is
danger beach of glass splinters 1 chapter
The beach itself was a gleaming stretch of glass splinters, most dangerous to the tread of unwary travellers.
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 16
made of red glass 1 chapter
All of the furnishings were of sparkling red glass and a double line of tall vases led directly to the throne.
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 16
appearance stands at the edge of a tinkling green glass sea 1 chapter
It stood on the edge of a green glass sea, whose waves broke with a melodious tinkle and crash on the beach below.
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 16
