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The Baum Bugle: August 1959

Vol. 3, no. 2 (August 1959)

Editor Justin G. Schiller (uncredited)

Front cover art by Dick Martin

August 1959 Selected Contents

This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.

 

L. Frank Baum’s Knowledge of His Place in Writing

Russell P. MacFall describes a 1905 article in which Baum recounts the emergence of “fairy extravaganzas” on the stage from the English pantomime tradition and comments on his own position in the canon of fairy tale tellers.  

 

The Oz Comic Page 1904–05

Fred M. Meyer gives a brief history of Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, positioning it as the equivalent of “a long lost Oz story” by Baum.

 

The remainder of the issue is given over to personal testimonials by Club members.