"The Ryl of the Lilies" is a short story by L. Frank Baum. For a long time it was thought to have been published in 1903 but the story was actually printed in the San Francisco Call newspaper on April 21, 1901 in its Sunday magazine supplement making this the earliest known appearance of the story. This version also includes a copyright of 1901 by the National Press Agency. Its title was shortened to "The Ryl" when it was included in the 1908 Bobbs-Merrill edition of Baum's American Fairy Tales. The story was reprinted in the Spring 1995 issue of The Baum Bugle, with new illustrations by Eric Shanower.