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Uncle Remus

by Joel Chandler Harris

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Author
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Title
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
African Americans -- Songs and music
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2306
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2306
Release Date
August 1, 2000
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS
  2. 2.By Joel Chandler Harris
  3. 3.PREFACE AND DEDICATION — TO THE NEW EDITION — DEAR FROST:
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION — J. C. H.
  5. 5.LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION
  6. 6.I. UNCLE REMUS INITIATES THE LITTLE BOY
  7. 7.II. THE WONDERFUL TAR BABY STORY
  8. 8.III. WHY MR. POSSUM LOVES PEACE
  9. 9.IV. HOW MR. RABBIT WAS TOO SHARP FOR MR. FOX
  10. 10.V. THE STORY OF THE DELUGE AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT
  11. 11.VI. MR. RABBIT GROSSLY DECEIVES MR. FOX
  12. 12.VII. MR. FOX IS AGAIN VICTIMIZED
  13. 13.VIII. MR. FOX IS "OUTDONE" BY MR. BUZZARD
  14. 14.IX. MISS COW FALLS A VICTIM TO MR. RABBIT
  15. 15.X. MR. TERRAPIN APPEARS UPON THE SCENE
  16. 16.XI. MR. WOLF MAKES A FAILURE
  17. 17.XII. MR. FOX TACKLES OLD MAN TARRYPIN
  18. 18.XIII. THE AWFUL FATE OF MR. WOLF
  19. 19.XIV. MR. FOX AND THE DECEITFUL FROGS
  20. 20.XV. MR. FOX GOES A-HUNTING, BUT MR. RABBIT BAGS THE GAME
  21. 21.XVI. OLD MR. RABBIT, HE'S A GOOD FISHERMAN
  22. 22.XVII. MR. RABBIT NIBBLES UP THE BUTTER
  23. 23.XVIII. MR. RABBIT FINDS HIS MATCH AT LAST
  24. 24.XIX. THE FATE OF MR. JACK SPARROW
  25. 25.XX. HOW MR. RABBIT SAVED HIS MEAT
  26. 26.XXI. MR. RABBIT MEETS HIS MATCH AGAIN
  27. 27.XXII. A STORY ABOUT THE LITTLE RABBITS
  28. 28.XXIII. MR. RABBIT AND MR. BEAR
  29. 29.XXIV. MR. BEAR CATCHES OLD MR. BULL-FROG
  30. 30.XXV. HOW MR. RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL
  31. 31.XXVI. MR. TERRAPIN SHOWS HIS STRENGTH
  32. 32.XXVII. WHY MR. POSSUM HAS NO HAIR ON HIS TAIL
  33. 33.XXVIII. THE END OF MR. BEAR
  34. 34.XXIX. MR. FOX GETS INTO SERIOUS BUSINESS
  35. 35.XXX. HOW MR. RABBIT SUCCEEDED IN RAISING A DUST
  36. 36.XXXI. A PLANTATION WITCH
  37. 37.XXXII. "JACKY-MY-LANTERN" *1
  38. 38.XXXIII. WHY THE NEGRO IS BLACK
  39. 39.XXXIV. THE SAD FATE OF MR. FOX
  40. 40.PLANTATION PROVERBS
  41. 41.HIS SONGS
  42. 42.I. REVIVAL HYMN
  43. 43.II. CAMP-MEETING SONG *
  44. 44.III. CORN-SHUCKING SONG
  45. 45.IV. THE PLOUGH-HANDS' SONG (JASPER COUNTY—1860.)
  46. 46.V. CHRISTMAS PLAY-SONG (MYRICK PLACE, PUTNAM COUNTY 1858.)
  47. 47.VI. PLANTATION PLAY-SONG (PUTNAM COUNTY—1856.)
  48. 48.VII. TRANSCRIPTIONS *1
  49. 49.1. A PLANTATION CHANT
  50. 50.2.A PLANTATION SERENADE
  51. 51.VIII. THE BIG BETHEL CHURCH
  52. 52.IX. TIME GOES BY TURNS
  53. 53.A STORY OF THE WAR
  54. 54.HIS SAYINGS
  55. 55.I. JEEMS ROBER'SON'S LAST ILLNESS
  56. 56.II. UNCLE REMUS'S CHURCH EXPERIENCE
  57. 57.III. UNCLE REMUS AND THE SAVANNAH DARKEY
  58. 58.IV. TURNIP SALAD AS A TEXT
  59. 59.V. A CONFESSION
  60. 60.VI. UNCLE REMUS WITH THE TOOTHACHE
  61. 61.VII. THE PHONOGRAPH
  62. 62.VIII. RACE IMPROVEMENT
  63. 63.IX. IN THE ROLE OF A TARTAR
  64. 64.X. A CASE OF MEASLES
  65. 65.XI. THE EMIGRANTS
  66. 66.XII. AS A MURDERER — UNCLE Remus met a police officer recently.
  67. 67.XIII. HIS PRACTICAL VIEW OF THINGS
  68. 68.XIV. THAT DECEITFUL JUG
  69. 69.XV. THE FLORIDA WATERMELON
  70. 70.XVI. UNCLE REMUS PREACHES TO A CONVERT
  71. 71.XVII. AS TO EDUCATION
  72. 72.XVIII. A TEMPERANCE REFORMER
  73. 73.XIX. AS A WEATHER PROPHET
  74. 74.XX. THE OLD MAN'S TROUBLES
  75. 75.XXI. THE FOURTH OF JULY

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