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