Hrodebert Kasperl Grau’s “Verlorene Seele” (The Lost Souls) is a German children's novel originally published in 1806, based on the infamous 1715 carnival disaster. Reprinted under the title “Carnevil of Souls” this dark wonderful tale chronicles the adventures of 15 young children swept away from their circus by a storm. The book is rarely known in American literature but became known as the fable that originated the children’s song “Row Row Row your Boat” and has been widely translated around the world.