Vol. 5, no. 3 (Christmas 1961)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer |
Wraparound cover art by John R. Neill (Tik-Tok of Oz)
Christmas 1961 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.
A Christmas Wish
An original Oz poem by Ruth Plumly Thompson, with art by Dick Martin.
Autobiography in Disguise
Russell P. MacFall examines the autobiographical elements of L. Frank Baum’s pseudonymous work, Aunt Jane’s Nieces on Vacation.
Bessie’s Fairy Tale
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reproduced from The Ladies’ World in December 1911 with illustrations by Mabel Betsy Hill.
A Macatawa Memory
Harry Neal Baum, L. Frank Baum’s third son, recalls summers at Macatawa Park and the “entertainments” arranged by his father, including a comic skit he performed with his younger brother, Kenneth.
The Building of an Oz Book
A reproduced letter from John R. Neill to Reilly & Lee in 1924, showing an early sketch of the cover for the book that became The Lost King of Oz (here wryly titled Anything of Oz by Neill!).