Vol. 18, no. 1 (Spring 1974)
| Editorial Staff | John Fricke, David L. Greene, James E. Haff, Peter E. Hanff, and Jerry V. Tobias |
Wraparound cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from art by John R. Neill (The Oz Toy Book)
Spring 1974 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.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
James E. Haff collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Edith Van Dyne’s” The Flying Girl and The Flying Girl and Her Chum.
The Unretiring Wizard
Ruth Berman explains why the Wizard will never retire from the position of Ozma’s Chief Magician.
A Case of Insult
David L. Greene describes the situation that led Bobbs-Merrill, then co-owner of Baum’s early fantasy works, to rent their printing plates to the cheaper publisher Donohue—thus creating a situation where, in 1913, L. Frank Baum’s great comeback with the Oz books was most jeopardized by competition from himself. Includes vintage advertising.
The Extravagance of Dan
An original short story by L. Frank Baum, reprinted from The National Magazine in May 1897. The reproduction quality of the text unfortunately makes the second page of the story quite difficult to read.
Utopia, Allegory, and Nightmare
Ben P. Indick looks at the limitations of labeling Baum as a utopian, a political allegorist, or a Freudian, with examples from other theorists who have attempted to analyze his writing through these lenses.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz illustrated by Helen Fisher (fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
The Annotated Wizard of Oz ed. Michael Patrick Hearn (non-fiction; reviewer Edward Wagenknecht)
The Marvelous Land of Oz at the Smithsonian Puppet Theater (theater; reviewer unknown)
Trolmanden fra Oz at Det Lille Teater in Copenhagen (theater; reviewer Jane Pigney)
Return to Oz at the Cherry Hill Children’s Theater (theater; reviewer Daniel Mannix)