Vol. 12, no. 3 (Christmas 1968)
| Editorial Staff | David L. Greene, Douglas G. Greene, and James E. Haff (uncredited) |
| Editorial Adviser | Dick Martin (uncredited) |
Layout by James E. Haff and Douglas G. Greene
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from a New Year’s Eve invitation by W. W. Denslow to L. Frank Baum (Father Goose: His Book)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by W. W. Denslow (The Songs of Father Goose)
Christmas 1968 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.
High Jinks with Father Goose
The editors explain the unusual provenance of the front cover art. Includes a black-and-white reproduction of the envelope in which the invitation came.
Christmas Day at the Neills’
“Mrs. John R. Neill” (Margaret Carroll) recounts a typical Christmas at the home of John R. Neill, his wife, and three daughters.
Merry Christmas from Jinnicky
An original poem by Ruth Plumly Thompson.
“Off to See the Wizard”—1903 (Part 1)
Daniel P. Mannix looks at the production, and gives the full storyline, of the original Wizard of Oz musical created by Baum, Denslow, and Paul Tietjens. This installment goes up through the end of Act II. The second half of this article is presented in the Spring 1969 issue.
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reproduced from The Delineator in December 1904. Includes illustrations by Frederick Richardson.
Bibliographia Baumiana
Dick Martin collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s non-Oz books. This installment focuses on The Enchanted Island of Yew. A revised and expanded look at the same title would be published in the Spring 1998 issue.
October 15, 1905 Contract Between L. Frank Baum and Reilly & Britton
A photocopied reproduction of a one-page contract between the author and his publisher, including tentative descriptions of books that would become Daughters of Destiny, Twinkle & Chubbins, Annabel, Aunt Jane’s Nieces, Sam Steele, Father Goose’s Yearbook, and John Dough and the Cherub.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
David L. Greene collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Suzanne Metcalf’s” Annabel.