Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings
by Joel Chandler Harris
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Contents
- Preface and Dedication
- Introduction
- I. Uncle Remus Initiates the Little Boy
- II. The Wonderful Tar Baby Story
- III. Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace
- IV. How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox
- V. The Story of the Deluge and How It Came About
- VI. Mr. Rabbit Grossly Deceives Mr. Fox
- VII. Mr. Fox Is Again Victimized
- VIII. Mr. Fox Is "Outdone" by Mr. Buzzard
- IX. Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit
- X. Mr. Terrapin Appears Upon the Scene
- XI. Mr. Wolf Makes a Failure
- XII. Mr. Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin
- XIII. The Awful Fate of Mr. Wolf
- XIV. Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs
- XV. Mr. Fox Goes a-Hunting, but Mr. Rabbit Bags the Game
- XVI. Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman
- XVII. Mr. Rabbit Nibbles Up the Butter
- XVIII. Mr. Rabbit Finds His Match at Last
- XIX. The Fate of Mr. Jack Sparrow
- XX. How Mr. Rabbit Saved His Meat
- XXI. Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again
- XXII. A Story About the Little Rabbits
- XXIII. Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear
- XXIV. Mr. Bear Catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog
- XXV. How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Fine Bushy Tail
- XXVI. Mr. Terrapin Shows His Strength
- XXVII. Why Mr. Possum Has No Hair on His Tail
- XXVIII. The End of Mr. Bear
- XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business
- XXX. How Mr. Rabbit Succeeded in Raising a Dust
- XXXI. A Plantation Witch
- XXXII. "Jacky-My-Lantern" *1
- XXXIII. Why the Negro Is Black
- XXXIV. The Sad Fate of Mr. Fox
- Plantation Proverbs
- I. Revival Hymn
- II. Camp-Meeting Song *
- III. Corn-Shucking Song
- IV. The Plough-Hands' Song (Jasper County—1860.)
- V. Christmas Play-Song (Myrick Place, Putnam County 1858.)
- VI. Plantation Play-Song (Putnam County—1856.)
- 1. A Plantation Chant
- 2.A Plantation Serenade
- VIII. The Big Bethel Church
- IX. Time Goes by Turns
- A Story of the War
- I. Jeems Rober'Son's Last Illness
- II. Uncle Remus's Church Experience
- III. Uncle Remus and the Savannah Darkey
- IV. Turnip Salad as a Text
- V. A Confession
- VI. Uncle Remus with the Toothache
- VII. The Phonograph
- VIII. Race Improvement
- IX. In the Role of a Tartar
- X. A Case of Measles
- XI. The Emigrants
- XII. As a Murderer
- XIII. His Practical View of Things
- XIV. That Deceitful Jug
- XV. The Florida Watermelon
- XVI. Uncle Remus Preaches to a Convert
- XVII. As to Education
- XVIII. A Temperance Reformer
- XIX. As a Weather Prophet
- XX. The Old Man's Troubles
- XXI. The Fourth of July