Vol. 9, no. 2 (Autumn 1965)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by John R. Neill (Kabumpo in Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by Jean Gros. French Marionettes (The Magical Land of Oz)
Autumn 1965 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.
Ruth Plumly Thompson: An Appreciation
Russell B. Nye makes a compelling argument for the second Royal Historian’s version of Oz.
A Brief Glance Backward
Ruth Plumly Thompson lightly describes her early life and how she began her writing career.
The Enchanted Tree of Oz
The beginning to an original Oz story, written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, that formed the basis of a write-in contest by Reilly & Lee in 1927. Readers of the Bugle are asked (as in the original contest) to send in their own ending to the story. Accompanied by a new illustration by Dick Martin. The modern contest’s winning entry was published in the Christmas 1965 issue.
Mr. Wimble’s Wooden Leg
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1905.
Some of My Writing Activities
Ruth Plumly Thompson recounts a brief overview of her non-Oz writing.
Ruth Plumly Thompson: A Checklist of Her Published Work
Dick Martin presents a four-page checklist, primarily only of titles of works. Addenda to this checklist were published in the Autumn 1970 issue, and an entirely new checklist debuted in the Autumn 1991 issue.
Bibliographia Oziana
Dick Martin collates bibliographical data about the early printings of the Oz books. This installment focuses on The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow of Oz, and Rinkitink in Oz.