Vol. 14, no. 2 (Autumn 1970)
| Editorial Staff | David L. Greene, John Fricke, James E. Haff, and Peter E. Hanff (uncredited) |
Layout by John Fricke
Wraparound cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from art by John R. Neill (The Oz Toy Book)
Autumn 1970 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.
[The Umbrellaphant]
An original poem by Ruth Plumly Thompson, with full-page art by Dick Martin.
Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Non-Oz Fantasies
John Fricke summarizes Thompson’s major works outside the Oz series: The Perhappsy Chaps, The Princess of Cozy Town, The Curious Cruise of Captain Santa, King Kojo, and The Wonder Book.
MGM Auction
John Fricke reports briefly on the famed 1970 MGM auction, in which several major props and costumes from their 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz were sold.
The Scarecrow presents a Magic Automobile to a little girl
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.
A Day in Oz
The 1925 version of the promotional playlet by Ruth Plumly Thompson, with the songs removed (for space reasons). Accompanied by two original illustrations by Dick Martin. Sheet music for the songs were later printed in the Autumn 1991, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, and Winter 2024 issues.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
David L. Greene collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Capt. Hugh Fitzgerald’s” Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea and Sam Steele’s Adventures in Panama. The first of these titles would later be revisited in the Spring 2007 issue.
Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Land of Oz
A reproduction of the map of the land of Oz drawn by Ruth Plumly Thompson in 1938, expanding and updating L. Frank Baum’s 1914 original.
Reviews
The Wonderful Land of Oz (feature film; reviewer John Fricke)