Grimm Tales Made Gay

Grimm Tales Made Gay  (1902)  by Guy Wetmore Carryl

This anthology of Carryl’s humorous light verse was published in October 1902 by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New York. The volume was illustrated with drawings by Albert Levering. The book was dedicated “To Charles Walton Ogden”. The author included this foreword: NOTE I have pleasure in acknowledging the courteous permission of the editors to reprint in this form such of these verses as were originally published in Harper’s Magazine, The Century, Life, The Smart Set, The Saturday Evening Post, The Home Magazine, and The London Tattler. G. W. C. The poems are parodies of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Contents

• 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

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.