Vol. 38, no. 2 (Autumn 1994)
| Editor-in-Chief | Lynne Smith |
| Production Editor | Daniel K. Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Stephen J. Teller |
| Contributing Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Eleanor Kennedy, Patrick Maund, Evan McCord, David Moyer, Jim Vander Noot |
Front cover art by Carolyn Siedle (1903’s The Wizard of Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin
Autumn 1994 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, the Witches of Oz, and the Witches of Folklore
Robert B. Luehrs comprehensively analyzes Baum’s witches in comparison to the traditions set within folklore, including as practitioners of magic and as representatives of the dark arts.
There’s No Place Like Oz
A brief essay by Margaret Hamilton, the actor famed for portraying the Wicked Witch in MGM’s The Wizard of Oz (1939), reproduced from the journal of Children’s Literature. She considers the meaning The Wizard of Oz has for people and the message it conveys.
The Witchcraft of Mary-Marie
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reproduced from a later edition of American Fairy Tales. It is accompanied by multiple new illustrations by Eric Shanower.
“Baum’s Mystic Shrines of Pretty Fancy”: Amy Leslie’s Reviews of Oz (Part 1)
In the first of a three-part feature, Michael Patrick Hearn presents the Oz-related columns of Chicago drama critic Amy Leslie. In 1902 and 1903, she witnessed multiple revisions of the Wizard of Oz musical extravaganza, which are reproduced in this issue. Her thoughts on The Woggle-Bug are in the Winter 1994 issue, and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz in Spring 1995.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz Cookbook by Sarah Key, Jennifer Newman Brazil, and Vicki Wells (non-fiction; reviewer Eleanor Kennedy)
The Patchwork Bride of Oz by Gilbert M. Sprague (fiction; reviewer Chris Dulabone)
The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book by Applewood Books (fiction; reviewer William Stillman)