question if i may

hello,

1. wondering if anyone recognizes the character - "the boy wizard"

no- it is not harry potter, this is a reference from 1924 - presumably a well-known character/book. probably children's literature.

2. i noticed u referenced "wonder" in your introduction; is their a specific genre or definition that attaches to this term. for instance- hawthorn wrote "a wonder book" - which is greek mythology. others have used the term in reference to tales from scriptures. magic? miracles? folk tales? anything that makes kids say: "ooooh"?

thank u

Eg

Short answer that other Dragoneers may wish to contest / correct:

1. Sorry pardon, I don't, but I suspect there are more than a few that would fit that description.

2. I've always understood that "wonder" to mean just about anything that makes one of us go "Wow!".

Hope that helps.

>1 EGBERTINA: Definitely what >2 hfglen: said. So I personally would include books with any science fiction or elements of magic. Your mileage may vary.

I can't help you with your first query, I'm afraid.

>1 EGBERTINA: taking another bite at this:

1. Could you please let us know the identity of your 1924 source? Or maybe try the Name That Book group.

2. Candidly, my mileage does vary from clamairy's. I'd include SOME non-fiction, and outside of books, Bookmarque's photos that she posts on her thread here in the Green Dragon.

I hope you decide you like our pub enough to join us. We really don't bite (at least, not without major provocation ;-) ).

>1 EGBERTINA: I am drawing a blank, though I am wondering about some of the Oz books, though that series ended in 1920. It is about the right time-frame. I haven't read them all so I'm not sure the term boy wizard fits, exactly.

>4 hfglen: 1. book-source is: "Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story". There is a party in which all manner of storybook characters are in attendance. The party is in the library and all characters would be well known to children readers of that time.

>5 Karlstar: Ive wondered about the possibility of Baum books. Definitely, the party guests include works back to Victorian/Edwardian era. (also Middle Ages- if u account for stories that were well known by Victorians.) I have been able to find many named characters and their books. Several, elude me and some I wonder if they are either employees of the Manhattan main library in that period- or statues. (?)
Captain Flanagan; Lucy Lenox? I think Lucy must be a statue of a little girl - probably of the Lenox family who owned a hotel and helped establish the library. My knowledge of an older NYC is lacking, but growing.

>4 hfglen: Thank you for the welcome. I have wandered in here a time or two; Dragons and Tolkien.

Part of my previous message has been eaten. It is still there when I hit edit-
but not when i post. I will attempt to re-post missing part:

>4 hfglen: Thank you for the welcome. I have wandered in here a time or two; Dragons and Tolkien. but, I'm behind on my science fiction at moment, as I am finishing up my Newbery Honor project.

Thank you.

Eg

nope it doesn't like that message hmmm.

I just checked Project Gutenberg for the phrase "Boy Wizard". There is a character known as Joe Strong, the Boy Wizard by Vance Barnum. The date of the edition in Gutenberg is 1924. See https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/69477/pg69477-images.html

Might that be what you're looking for?

>9 jillmwo: It might me. Original publication- 1916.

I wouldn't have thought Miss Anne Carroll Moore would have approved of Stratemeyer Syndicate books, .... ? It was probably well known at the time.

thx