Author:Guy Wetmore Carryl

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Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873–1904)

See biography, Indexes. Guy Wetmore Carryl (March 4, 1873–April 1, 1904) was an American humorist and poet. He was born in New York City, the first-born of author Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R. Wetmore. He is best known for his poems that are parodies of Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales and Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

[edit] Works

[edit] Poetry

• When the Great Gray Ships Come In
• Fables for the Frivolous (1898)
  • The Ambitious Fox and the Unapproachable Grapes
  • The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare
  • The Patrician Peacocks and the Overweening Jay
  • The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull
  • The Domineering Eagle and the Inventive Bratling
  • The Iconoclastic Rustic and the Apropos Acorn
  • The Unusual Goose and the Imbecilic Woodcutter
  • The Rude Rat and the Unostentatious Oyster
  • The Urban Rat and the Suburban Rat
  • The Impecunious Cricket and the Frugal Ant
  • The Pampered Lapdog and the Misguided Ass
  • The Vainglorious Oak and the Modest Bulrush
  • The Inhuman Wolf and the Lamb Sans Gene
  • The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven
  • The Microscopic Trout and the Machiavelian Fisherman
  • The Confiding Peasant and the Maladroit Bear
  • The Precipitate Cock and the Unappreciated Pearl
  • The Abbreviated Fox And His Sceptical Comrades
  • The Hospitable Caledonian and the Thankless Viper
  • The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun

• Mother Goose for Grownups (1900)
  • To Constance
  • The Admirable Assertiveness of Jilted Jack
  • The Blatant Brutality of Little Bow Peep
  • The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard
  • The Discouraging Discovery of Little Jack Horner
  • The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet
  • The Fearful Finale of the Irascible Mouse
  • The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon
  • The Harmonious Heedlessness of Little Boy Blue
  • The Inexcusable Improbity of Tom, the Piper's Son
  • The Judicious Judgment of Quite Contrary Mary
  • The Linguistic Languor of Charles Augustus Sprague
  • The Mysterious Misapprehension Concerning a Man in Our Town
  • The Opportune Overthrow of Humpty Dumpty
  • The Preposterous Performance of an Old Lady of Banbury
  • The Quixotic Quest of Three Blind Mice
  • The Remarkable Regimen of the Sprat Family
  • The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting
  • The Touching Tenderness of King Karl the First
  • The Unusual Ubiquity of the Inquisitive Gander

• Grimm Tales Made Gay (1902)
  • How the Babes in the Wood Showed They Couldn't Be Beaten
  • How Fair Cinderella Disposed of Her Shoe
  • How Little Red Riding Hood Came to Be Eaten
  • How the Fatuous Wish of a Peasant Came True
  • How Hop O' My Thumb Got Rid of an Onus
  • How the Helpmate of Blue-Beard Made Free with a Door
  • How Rumplestilz Held Out in Vain for a Bonus
  • How Jack Made the Giants Uncommonly Sore
  • How Rudeness and Kindness Were Justly Rewarded
  • How Beauty Contrived to Get Square with the Beast
  • How a Fair One No Hope to His Highness Accorded
  • How Thomas a Maid from a Dragon Released
  • How a Beauty Was Waked and Her Suitor Was Suited
  • How Jack Found That Beans May Go Back on a Chap
  • How a Cat Was Annoyed and a Poet Was Booted
  • How Much Fortunatus Could Do with a Cap
  • How a Princess Was Wooed from Habitual Sadness
  • How a Girl Was Too Reckless of Grammar by Far
  • How the Peaceful Aladdin Gave Way to His Madness
  • How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar
  • Envoi

[edit] Magazine articles

• Marvelous Coney Island (1901)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.