The Glass Dog (Unabridged‪)‬

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels. "The Glass Dog" is about a wizard who lived on the top floor of a tenement building, always studying and pondering. He had all the books and formulas of all the wizards who had lived before him. Many folks came to him for help about their troubles, and these interruptions irritated him, so he thought of getting a dog to chase them. The glass blower next door makes him a glass dog, he enchants it to life and at first it serves its purpose well, but many complications arise....