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Slip of the Pen as A Psychopathology of Everyday Life on Wilde-s Happy Prince and Other Tales Abstract Oscar Wilde is recognized for his tragedy and supernatural short stories as one of his astonishing works, the black cat, still discussed in this very modern days. In 1888, Wilde then succeeds to made a move of his work by published a collection of his work entitled The Happy Prince and Other Tales. The collection consists of seven stories; The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and The Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Sphinx Without A Secret, and The Birthday of The Infanta. Considering seven works in one collection, it is possible that Wilde himself did a slip of the pen among his seven works in a collection. This study aims to find the slip of the pen in Wilde-s collection The Happy Prince and Other Tales, and also to analyze the construction and effect of Wilde- slip of the pen through his collection as well. In analyzing the occurrence of the slip of the pen, this study will use the psychopathology of everyday life, one of the remarkable theories by Freud. In psychopathology of everyday life, slip of the pen alone has kinds of various types and symptoms where this study would also determine the suit kind of slip of the pen in Wilde-s The Happy Prince and Other Tales.