Vol. 13, no. 1 (Spring 1969)
| Editorial Staff | David L. Greene, James E. Haff, and Peter E. Hanff (uncredited) |
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement featuring Fred Stone (The Wizard of Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement featuring David Montgomery (The Wizard of Oz)
Spring 1969 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.
“Off to See the Wizard”—1903 (Part 2)
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 takes up the story with Act III and includes revisions to the show, as well as critics’ reactions. The first half of this article was published in the Christmas 1968 issue.
The Scarecrow Tells a Fairy Tale to Children and Hears an Equally Marvelous True Story
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1904.
Bibliographia Baumiana
Dick Martin collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s non-Oz books. This installment focuses on John Dough and the Cherub. A revised and expanded article would later be published in the Winter 1993 issue.
On the Liquidation of Witches
Douglas A. Rossman considers the chemical process by which water is able to destroy witches in Oz.
The Toys and Games of Oz
Ray Powell examines the various Ozian delights available to consumers since the Bugle‘s first guide in the Christmas 1962 issue, including several related to the Off to See the Wizard TV series—as well as more esoteric products of the late ’60s.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
Douglas G. Greene collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Schuyler Stanton’s” The Fate of a Crown.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz pop-ups by Paul Taylor (fiction; reviewers Douglas and David Greene)
The Marvelous Land of Oz introduction by Martin Gardner (fiction; reviewers Douglas and David Greene)
The Land of Oz Camelot Books edition (fiction; reviewers Douglas and David Greene)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz “Magnum Easy Eye” edition (fiction; reviewers Douglas and David Greene)