Vol. 19, no. 1 (Spring 1975)
| Editor-in-Chief | Jerry V. Tobias |
| Review Editor | David L. Greene |
| Research Editor | James E. Haff |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Contributing Editor | John Fricke |
| Consulting Editors | Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Dick Martin |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by W. W. Denslow (The Songs of Father Goose)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from a sheet music cover (“Dorothy”)
Spring 1975 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.
The Littlest Giant: An “Oz” Story
An unpublished story written by L. Frank Baum ca. 1917. (The “Oz” subtitle is entirely about publicity, not content.) Accompanied by two new illustrations by Bill Eubank.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
Peter E. Hanff collates bibliographical data about the books Baum wrote under psuedonyms. This installment focuses on “Edith Van Dyne’s” Mary Louise Solves a Mystery, Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls, and Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier.
Baum and Denslow: Their Books (Part 1)
David L. Greene and Peter E.Hanff begin a historical narrative of the joint publications of L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow, incorporating print run details, the costs of printing and profits made by Baum and Denslow, and the bankruptcy filings of the George M. Hill Company. Includes quotes from correspondence and newspaper articles, as well as examples of vintage advertising.
Father Goose To the Front; Mother Goose In the Shade
A two-page advertisement for Father Goose: His Book, including art by W. W. Denslow, reprinted from the Chicago Daily News in 1899.
Oz in Russia (Part 1)
March Laumer begins his comprehensive examination of Alexander Volkov’s The Wizard of the Emerald City, which was adapted from and supplanted The Wizard of Oz in the USSR. Parts 2 and 3 would be presented in the Spring 1976 and Spring 1978 issues.
The Coroner
Barbara S. Koelle pens a biographical sketch of actor Meinhardt Raabe, who portrayed the Munchkin coroner in MGM’s The Wizard of Oz, and his perspective of the shooting of the film.
Dorothy
David L. Greene explains this issue’s curious back cover and its origins in a song inspired by, but not included in, the 1902 Wizard of Oz musical.
Reviews
The Wiz (theater; reviewer John Fricke)
Wonderful Wizard Marvelous Land by Raylyn Moore (non-fiction; reviewer Fred Erisman)
An Atlas of Fantasy ed. J. B. Post (maps; reviewer David L. Greene)
The Wizard of Oz: A “Colorforms” Book (toy book; reviewer uncredited)