Vol. 43, no. 3 (Winter 1999)
| Editor-in-Chief | William Stillman |
| Production Editor | Adele Robey |
| Bibliography Editors | Peter E. Hanff, Patrick Maund |
| Review Editor | Sean P. Duffley |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, Paul Cuneo, David Moyer, Jay Scarfone, Jim Whitcomb |
Front cover art by Mary Cowles Clark (The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus)
Interior front cover art by W. W. Denslow (Father Goose advertisement)
Interior back cover art by an unknown artist (Oz firecracker label)
Back cover art by W. W. Denslow (“Father Goose at the Seashore”)
Winter 1999 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.
Frances Ozma Baum Mantele 1916–1999
Michael Patrick Hearn pays tribute to L. Frank Baum’s granddaughter and fondly recalls time spent with her.
A Baum Family Questionnaire
L. Frank Baum’s great-grandson, Robert A. Baum, conducts an extensive family roundtable with his aunt, Florence Baum Hurst; his uncle, Stanton Baum; his cousins, Ozma Baum Mantele and Janet Donaldson; and his daughter, Christine G. Baum. Topics include their earliest recollections and memories of Oz; how they viewed Oz growing up; how they view it at the time of writing; whether Oz has affected their life or careers; what kind of person they think L. Frank Baum was and what one question they would like to ask him; and much more.
Bibliographia Baumiana: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Bibliographia Baumiana provides bibliographical details of non-Oz works by Baum, occasionally updating past articles alongside new ones. This installment, by Patrick Maund, examines Sky Island. Includes an original pencil sketch by John R. Neill. An earlier assessment of this title appeared in the Christmas 1967 issue. Followed by an excerpt from a letter by David L. Greene discussing the printing history of the book.
Dorothy’s Christmas Tree
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1904. As with the installment included in the Winter 1998 issue, this one has been fully transcribed as an article, followed by the original comic page as a color centerfold.
L. Frank Baum’s La Jolla: Halfway to Oz
Bard Cosman examines L. Frank Baum’s visits to La Jolla, California, and how his impressions of that environment influenced aspects of The Sea Fairies, Sky Island, and The Scarecrow of Oz.
The Hatching of Father Goose
Michael Patrick Hearn provides a comprehensive narrative of the creation, publication, promotion, and popularity of L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow’s groundbreaking work, Father Goose: His Book. The article follows a timeline from the meeting of the book’s two progenitors to the passing of the “Father Goose craze” and Baum’s failed attempts, in the 1910s, to get it reprinted. The article is followed by a gallery of Denslow sketches relating to Father Goose.
In Memoriam
Ozma Baum Mantele (L. Frank Baum’s granddaughter) and Judith Baum Ronaky (L. Frank Baum’s granddaughter).
Reviews
The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan Hungry Tiger Press edition (fiction; reviewer J. L. Bell)
The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas Hungry Tiger Press edition (fiction; reviewer J. L. Bell)
Thorns and Private Files in Oz by Melody Grandy-Keller and Chris Dulabone (fiction; reviewer M.A. Berg)