Vol. 34, no. 1 (Spring 1990)
| Editor-in-Chief | Michael Gessel |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Stephen J. Teller |
| Contributing Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund, Jim Vander Noot |
Front cover art by Jim Tweedy (unused From Confucius to Oz cover)
Back cover art by George Kerr (printer’s proof for Baum’s American Fairy Tales)
Spring 1990 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.
Remembrances of an Oz Friend
Memories of Dick Martin, who died as the previous issue went to press, from many prominent members of the Oz Club.
The Mystery of Dr. Nikidik and Dr. Pipt
Mary Rakestraw attempts to reconcile one of L. Frank Baum’s most famous inconsistencies: the two men identified as “Crooked Magicians,” each of whom seems to have created the Powder of Life.
The Enchanted Island of Yew: Baum’s Adult Children’s Book
Martin Gardner looks at various aspects of Baum’s 1903 fantasy, including the location of Yew, the way in which several characters’ natures bely their appearances, the inverted quality of the plot, and both nonsensical and philosophical elements. Intended as an essay for Dover Publications’ reprint of the book, which was never published.
Just For Fun: Flirting Song
Sheet music for a song from The Tik-Tok Man of Oz, with lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Louis F. Gottschalk. This is presented as a pull-out center section of the issue.
Bibliographia Baumiana: American Fairy Tales (1901)
Bibliographia Baumiana provides bibliographical details of non-Oz works by Baum, occasionally updating past articles alongside new ones. This installment, by Patrick Maund, examines American Fairy Tales. An earlier assessment of this title appeared in the Autumn 1967 issue.
In Memoriam
Dick Martin (Royal Historian of Oz and editor of The Baum Bugle, 1961–67).
Reviews
Selections from MGM’s Technicolor Film The Wizard of Oz (music album; reviewer Greg Ehrbar)
The Wizard of Oz: Original Cast Album: 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition (music album; reviewer Greg Ehrbar)
Merry Go Round in Oz Books of Wonder edition (fiction; reviewer Sean Patrick Duffley)
The Third Book of Oz second edition (fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
The Wizard of Oz in the Wild West by William Simms (play; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
The Ruby Slippers of Oz by Rhys Thomas (non-fiction; reviewer Mark Griffin)
Dorothy of Oz by Roger S. Baum (fiction; reviewer Chris Dulabone)