Mother Goose for Grownups

by Guy Wetmore Carryl

20 chapters1h 6mEnglish1900

About this book

Mother Goose for Grownups is a delightfully silly collection of parodies on well-known Mother Goose tales by Guy Wetmore Carryl. (Summary by fink)

1To Constance

2The Admirable Assertiveness of Jilted Jack

209

3The Blatant Brutality of Little Bow Peep

218

4The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard

240

5The Discouraging Discovery of Little Jack Horner

290

6The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet

159

7The Fearful Finale of the Irascible Mouse

217

8The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon

263

9The Harmonious Heedlessness of Little Boy Blue

143

10The Inexcusable Improbity of Tom, the Piper's Son

214

11The Judicious Judgment of Quite Contrary Mary

182

12The Linguistic Languor of Charles Augustus Sprague

197

13The Mysterious Misapprehension Concerning a Man in Our Town

157

14The Opportune Overthrow of Humpty Dumpty

163

15The Preposterous Performance of an Old Lady of Banbury

215

16The Quixotic Quest of Three Blind Mice

242

17The Remarkable Regimen of the Sprat Family

215

18The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting

204

19The Touching Tenderness of King Karl the First

174

20The Unusual Ubiquity of the Inquisitive Gander

251