Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers is a comic novel by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. Anstey", first published in 1882. The title originates from the Latin phrase "vice versa", meaning "the other way around". Set in Victorian London, via a magic stone from India a father and son switch places, thus live each other’s lives, and gain a better understanding for each other before they switch back.