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The Baum Bugle: Christmas 1959

Vol. 3, no. 3 (Christmas 1959)

Editor Justin G. Schiller (uncredited)

Front cover art by Dick Martin

Christmas 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.

 

Too Many Wizards (Part 2)

Justin G. Schiller continues his look at historical editions of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in this issue covering those dated 1903 and published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. The first installment of this article was published in the May 1959 issue, and it would conclude in Christmas 1960.

 

A Murder in Oz (Part 3)

An original and “ghostly” Oz story by Jack Snow, in which the apparent murder of Princess Ozma must be solved—with surprising results. This is the third installment of a serialization that began in the October 1958 issue.

 

Special Announcement

The new Honorary President of the Oz Club is revealed to be Harry Neal Baum, L. Frank Baum’s third son.

 

Bibliographia Oziana

The very first article to bear this title finds Dick Martin correcting and adding to the bibliographic data found in The Musical Fantasies of L. Frank Baum.