The Baum Bugle: Spring 1984

Vol. 28, no. 1 (Spring 1984)

Front cover art by Riu Yamzaki (Ozu no Mahotsukai)

Back cover art by Tatsuhiko Matsuda (Ozu no Mahotsukai)

Spring 1984 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.

Oz in Japan: Update

Seraphim Sigrist builds upon the checklist in the Spring 1979 issue to incorporate twenty-nine new Japanese editions of The Wizard of Oz, as well as additions to the Hayakawa Oz series. Illustrated with examples from the books. A further update would be published in the Spring 1995 issue.

Was this the Wizard Who was the Wizard of Oz?

Sonia Brown examines the possibility that the Wizard is based on master magician Harry Kellar, who was well-known in Baum’s time. Illustrated with posters of Kellar’s stage act.

Ethnic Stereotypes in Baum’s Books for Children

Francis P. Randall critiques the use of ethnic stereotypes for humorous purposes in Baum’s works, especially focusing on Father Goose: His Book and The Woggle-Bug Book. Illustrated with examples. The article later inspired spirited debate between Michael Patrick Hearn and the author in the Winter 1984 issue.

Bibliographia Baumiana: Animal Fairy Tales and Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies

Douglas G. Greene provides bibliographical data about two Baum titles that were not published in book form until the mid-20th century.

In Memoriam

Joslyn Stanton Baum (eldest grandchild of L. Frank Baum).

Reviews

The Wizard of Oz (Critical Heritage Series) edited by Michael Patrick Hearn (non-fiction; reviewer Kenneth Reckford)

Cut and Make “Wizard of Oz” Masks in Full Color by Dick Martin (craft book; reviewer Mary W. Schaller)

Aunt Em and Uncle Henry in Oz by March Laumer (fiction; reviewer Ben P. Indick)

By the Candelabra’s Glare introduction by Peter E. Hanff (poetry; reviewer Edward Lauterback)