Gladys in Grammarland and Alice in Grammarland: Two Educational Tales Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Wonderland

The two tales in this book are both responses to Lewis Carrolls Wonder-land aimed at instilling an interest in grammar in young and recalcitrant readers. Audrey Mayhew Allen wrote Gladys in Grammarland in 1897. In this story Gladys becomes sleepy after class and finds that a Verb Fairy has taken an interest in her education. Louise Franklin Baches charming play Alice in Grammarland was written in 1923 for Better Speech Week and was published in Junior Red Cross News in that year. In it Carrolls Alice returns to meet old friends the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit together with the King and Queen of Grammarland.