- Grimm Tales Made Gay
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A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tales themselves make another verse.
- Chapters
- 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