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(1873-1904)

FABLES FOR THE FRIVOLOUS (1898)
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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 Skeptical Comrades
The Hospitable Caledonian and the Thankless Viper
The Impetuous Breeze and the Diplomatic Sun


GRIMM TALES MADE GAY (1902)
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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


MOTHER GOOSE FOR GROWN UPS (1900)
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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.


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