Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii PREFACE xiii

SYNOPSIS xvii GLOSSARY xix A WORD ABOUT SYNTAX IN THIS VOLUME xxiii ABBREVIATIONS xxv BIBLIOGRAPHIA BAUMIANA 1

BOOKS OF NON-FICTION AND FANTASY 3 The Book of the Hamburgs 3 5 By the Candelabra’s Glare 13 Father Goose: His Book 19 The Songs of Father Goose 27 The Army Alphabet 31 The Navy Alphabet 33 A New Wonderland 35 The Art of Decorating Dry Goods Windows and Interiors 38 45 Dot and Tot of 48 54 The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus 59 The Enchanted Island of Yew 67 The Magical Monarch of 73 The Woggle-Bug Book 82 Queen Zixi of 85 John Dough and the Cherub 90 Father Goose’s Year Book 96 Baum’s American Fairy Tales 98 L. Frank Baum’s Juvenile Speaker 101 The Daring Twins 103 107 Phoebe Daring 113 116 Baum’s Own Book for Children 121 The Snuggle Tales and The Oz-Man Tales 124 Little Bun Rabbit 125 Once Upon a Time 128 The Yellow Hen 131 The Magic Cloak 134 137 The Gingerbread Man 139

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PSEUDONYMOUS BOOKS OF FICTION AND FANTASY 143 SCHUYLER STAUNTON 147 The Fate of a Crown 147 Daughters of Destiny 154 LAURA BANCROFT 158 Series 158 Mr. Woodchuck 158 Bandit Jim Crow 162 Prairie-Dog Town 165 Prince Mud-Turtle 169 Sugar-Loaf 173 Twinkle’s Enchantment 176 The Twinkle Tales – Continued 179 179 Babes in Birdland 181 Twinkle and Chubbins 185 SUZANNE METCALF 188 188 EDITH VAN DYNE 193 The Aunt Jane’s Nieces Series 193 Binding and Dust Jacket Formats 193 Aunt Jane’s Nieces 200 Aunt Jane’s Nieces Abroad 209 Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville 217 Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Work 224 Aunt Jane’s Nieces in Society 230 Aunt Jane’s Nieces and Uncle John 236 Aunt Jane’s Nieces on Vacation 241 Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch 246 Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West 250 Aunt Jane’s Nieces in the Red Cross 254 The Flying Girl Series 258 The Flying Girl 258 The Flying Girl and Her Chum 262 The Bluebird Books, a.k.a. The Mary Louise Series 266 Mary Louise 268 Mary Louise in the Country 272 Mary Louise Solves a Mystery 275 Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls 279 Mary Louise Adopts a Soldier 282 CAPT. HUGH FITZGERALD 285 The Sam Steele Series 285 Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea 285 Sam Steele’s Adventures in Panama 289 FLOYD AKERS 291 The Boy Fortune Hunters Series 291 The Boy Fortune Hunters in Alaska 291 The Boy Fortune Hunters in Panama 296 The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt 301 The Boy Fortune Hunters in China 306 The Boy Fortune Hunters in Yucatan 310 xi The Boy Fortune Hunters in the South Seas 313 JOHN ESTES COOKE: LAMPOON 316 Tamawaca Folks 316 BIBLIOGRAPHIA ANONYMIANA 319

ANONYMOUS ADVENTURE 321 321 BIBLIOGRAPHIA BAUMIANA – ADDENDA 325

BAUM’S INTRODUCTIONS 327 The Christmas Stocking series 327 Binding Formats and Packaging 329 The Night Before Christmas 334 The Story of Little Black Sambo 337 Animal A. B. C. and The Story of Peter Rabbit 341 Cinderella and the Sleeping Beauty 345 Fairy Tales from Andersen 348 Fairy Tales from Grimm 351 The Writings of Maud Gage Baum 354 In Other Lands Than Ours 354 SOFTCOVER BOOKLETS 356 Early Pamphlet 356 Baum’s Complete Stamp Dealers Directory 356 Baum’s Song Books 358 Louis F. Baum: Baum’s Popular Songs 358 L. Frank Baum: The Musical Extravaganza 360 APPENDICES 363

APPENDIX I: BOWEN/BOBBS-MERRILL PRINTER’S IMPRINTS 365 APPENDIX II: REILLY & BRITTON and REILLY & LEE SPINE IMPRINTS 366 APPENDIX III: FATHER GOOSE: HIS BOOK–MISCELLANEA 369 Father Goose: His Book–Contents 369 Father Goose: His Book–Prepublication Dummies 370 APPENDIX IV: THE SONGS OF FATHER GOOSE: EPHEMERA 373 The Songs of Father Goose Folios 373 The Songs of Father Goose Page Proofs 375 The Songs of Father Goose Newspaper Supplements 376 APPENDIX V: THE SHOW WINDOW and THE ART OF DECORATING 377 Portions of The Show Window Reused in The Art of Decorating 378 Portions of The Show Window Not Reused until the Second Edition 383 Portions of The Art of Decorating Reused in the Second Edition 384 Portions of The Art of Decorating Reused in the Third Edition 390 Portions of The Art of Decorating Reused in the Fifth Edition 394 APPENDIX VI: – SERIAL PUBLICATION 396 APPENDIX VII: BOOKS BY L. FRANK BAUM: DATES OF PUBLICATION 400 REFERENCE 405 SUGGESTED READING 407 INDEX 409

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