Vol. 32, no. 2 (Autumn 1988)
| Editor-in-Chief | Michael Gessel |
| Production Editors | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Stephen J. Teller |
| Contributing Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund |
Front cover photograph by unknown photographer (photo portrait of Jack Snow)
Back cover art by W. W. Denslow (Mermaid)
Autumn 1988 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.
Looking Back at a Royal Historian of Oz
Michael Gessel pens a a short biographical sketch of the fourth Royal Historian of Oz, Jack Snow. This is followed by a comprehensive checklist of Jack Snow’s published work in books, newspapers, periodicals, and advertisements, compiled by Ruth Berman, and Jack Snow‘s own proposed letter to parents for inclusion in the 1955 reprint of The Tin Woodman of Oz.
Peter E. Hanff examines correspondence between Snow, prominent Oz fans, and Reilly & Lee editors to tell the story of Jack Snow’s brief time as a Royal Historian, as well as the decline in health that robbed him of the job and eventually led to his early death.
How the Wogglebug Got a Thanksgiving Dinner
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 1904.
A Critical Look at Jack Snow
Edward Wagenknecht attempts to analyze Snow’s work as a near-contemporary and fellow fan of L. Frank Baum.
The Rise and Fall of Jack Snow’s Library
Michael Gessel describes the significant collection of Jack Snow, including books inscribed by L. Frank Baum and original drawings by W. W. Denslow, which he was eventually forced to sell.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
Patrick M. Maund collates bibliographical data about the books Baum wrote under psuedonyms. This installment focuses on Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch and …Out West.
Reviews
The Story of the Wizard of Oz Revised Version (LP and cassette; reviewer Greg Ehrbar)
Bibliographia Oziana by Douglas G. Greene and Peter E. Hanff (non-fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
An Oz Sketchbook by Dick Martin (art book; reviewer Richard Paul Smyers)
The Wizard of Oz illustrated by Norman Brown and Victor Bulch (craft book; reviewer Jim Vander Noot)