Vol. 16, no. 1 (Spring 1972)
| Editorial Staff | David L. Greene, John Fricke, James E. Haff, and Peter E. Hanff (uncredited) |
Layout by John Fricke
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by an unknown artist (The Reilly & Britton Co.)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by W. W. Denslow (Father Goose: His Book)
Spring 1972 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 Map of the Wonder City of Oz
Judy Pike presents a comprehensive examination of the clues given about the layout of the Emerald City in the Baum, Thompson, and especially Neill Oz books, along with the map the late Robert R. Pattrick created following his own careful study of textual evidence.
Bibliographia Baumiana
Dick Martin collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s non-Oz books. This installment focuses on Father Goose’s Year Book.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
Douglas G. Greene collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Floyd Akers’s” The Boy Fortune Hunters in China, The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan, and The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas.
A Shadow Cast Before
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reprinted from The Philosopher in December 1897.
L. Frank Baum’s Later Oz Books
David L. Greene uses correspondence between Baum and his publishers to construct the narrative of the creation of his books from Rinkitink in Oz onward. This initial framework would be built on by subsequent discoveries and revelations over the next several decades.
L. Frank Baum and the Critics
Oz and the Four Criteria
Completing the Allegory
Criticism Criticized
Three short essay-length responses to C. Warren Hollister’s “Oz and the Fifth Criterion,” which was published in the Christmas 1971 issue, from Ben and Michael Indick, Jay Delkin, and Charles F. Hockett, followed by a response from C. Warren Hollister himself.
In Memoriam
William C. Gillespie (actor, The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays)
Reviews
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Exposition Press edition (fiction; reviewer David L. Greene)