Vol. 9, no. 3 (Christmas 1965)
| Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Wraparound cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement (The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus)
Christmas 1965 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.
Santa Claus at the Baums’
The Hospitality of L. Frank Baum
Harry Neal Baum, Baum’s third son, and the widow of his second son, recall Christmas with the Royal HIstorian. Includes Frank’s recipe for salad dressing.
Modern Fairy Tales
A brief article by L. Frank Baum from The Advance in 1909, in which he discusses writing for children.
An Afternoon with John R. Neill
Jeanne O’Donnell Dondanville, daughter of Frank J. O’Donnell (of Reilly & Lee), remembers meeting the Royal Illustrator in the early 1940s.
The Little Journeys of Nip and Tuck
A reproduction of one installment of John R. Neill’s newspaper comic page from 1909.
An Oz Book by L. Frank Baum
An unfinished fragment of an Oz story, found by the Baum family and presumed to have been written by L. Frank Baum. The same fragment is presented with more context in the Autumn 2019 issue.
Bibliographia Oziana
Dick Martin collates bibliographical data about the early printings of the Oz books. This installment focuses on The Lost Princess of Oz, The Tin Woodman of Oz, The Magic of Oz, and Glinda of Oz.
The Enchanted Tree of Oz
Bill Eubank‘s winning ending to the Oz story by Ruth Plumly Thompson that began in the Autumn 1965 issue.