Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry Cabbages and Kings is a 1904 novel composed of intertwined tales, written by O. Henry and set in a fictional Central American country called the Republic of Anchuria. It takes its title from the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter," which appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. Its plot contains famous elements from the poem: shoes and boats and sealing wax, cabbages and kings. He was inspired by the characters and situations that O. Henry encountered in Honduras in the late 1890s. Table of Contents: I. "FOX-IN-THE-MORNING" II. THE LOTUS AND THE BOTTLE III. SMITH IV. CAUGHT V. CUPID'S EXILE NUMBER TWO VI. THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE GRAFT VII. MONEY MAZE VIII. THE ADMIRAL IX. THE FLAG PARAMOUNT X. THE SHAMROCK AND THE PALM XI. THE REMNANTS OF THE CODE XII. SHOES XIII. SHIPS XIV. MASTERS OF ARTS XV. DICKY XVI. ROUGE ET NOIR XVII. TWO RECALLS XVIII. THE VITAGRAPHOSCOPE