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 NIGHTS WITH
 UNCLE REMUS
 BY
 JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MILO WINTER

 BOSTON AND NEW YORK
 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
 The Riverside Press Cambridge
 1917
 
 COPYRIGHT, 1851, 1853, 1909, AND 1911, BY THE CENTURY CO.
 COPYRIGHT, 1885, BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
 COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY ESTHER LA ROSE HARRIS
 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
 
 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
 
 Published October 1917

 PUBLISHERS' NOTE

            Nights With Uncle Remus is a story-book dearly loved by children. Besides that, it is an important contribution to the study of Afro-American folk-lore, and through many years of popularity it has carried a long and learned Introduction, of great interest to students but rather forbidding in aspect to youthful readers. In this new edition, which has been prepared especially for children, and illustrated in colors by an artist who knows how to please them as well as their elders, the Introduction has been omitted, but the stories and their charming setting have been left intact.

            June, 1917

 Contents

  I. Mr. Fox and Miss Goose 3 II. Brer Fox catches Mr. Horse 7 III. Brer Rabbit and the Little Girl 11 IV. Brer Fox copies Brer Rabbit 14 V. Brer Rabbit's Astonishing Prank 18 VI. Brer Rabbit secures a Mansion 22 VII. Mr. Lion hunts for Mr. Man 27 VIII. The Story of the Pigs 31 IX. Mr. Benjamin Ram and his Wonderful Fiddle 35 X. Brer Rabbit's Riddle 41 XI. How Mr. Rooster lost his Dinner 49 XII. Brer Rabbit breaks up a Party 53 XIII. Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter 58 XIV. Brer Terrapin deceives Brer Buzzard 62 XV. Brer Fox covets the Quills 66 XVI. How Brer Fox failed to get his Grapes 70 XVII. Brer Fox figures as an Incendiary 75 XVIII. A Dream and a Story 79 XIX. The Moon in the Mill-Pond 83 XX. Brer Rabbit takes some Exercise 89 XXI. Why Brer Bear has no Tail 97 XXII. How Brer Rabbit frightened his Neighbors 100 XXIII. Mr. Man has some Meat 105 XXIV. How Brer Rabbit got the Meat 108  XXV. African Jack 112 XXVI. Why the Alligator's Back is Rough 119 XXVII. Brer Wolf says Grace 123 XXVIII. Spirits, Seen and Unseen 129 XXIX. A Ghost Story 134 XXX. Brer Rabbit and his Famous Foot 141 XXXI. "In some Lady's Garden" 149 XXXII. Brer 'Possum gets in Trouble 156 XXXIII. Why the Guinea-fowls are speckled 162 XXXIV. Brer Rabbit's Love-charm 166 XXXV. Brer Rabbit submits to a Test 170 XXXVI. Brer Wolf falls a Victim 174 XXXVII. Brer Rabbit and the Mosquitoes 179 XXXVIII. The Pimmerly Plum 185 XXXIX. Brer Rabbit gets the Provisions 195 XL. "Cutta Cord-La!" 200 XLI. Aunt Tempy's Story 204 XLII. The Fire-Test 209 XLIII. The Cunning Snake 214 XLIV. How Brer Fox was too Smart 218 XLV. Brer Wolf gets in a Warm Place 225 XLVI. Brer Wolf still in Trouble 229 XLVII. Brer Rabbit lays in his Beef Supply 234 XLVIII. Brer Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat 238 XLIX. Mr. Benjamin Ram defends Himself 245 L. Brer Rabbit pretends to be Poisoned 249 LI. More Trouble for Brer Wolf 253 LII. Brer Rabbit outdoes Mr. Man 256 LIII. Brer Rabbit takes a Walk 260 LIV. Old Grinny-Granny Wolf 263 LV. How Wattle Weasel was Caught 267 LVI. Brer Rabbit ties Mr. Lion 272 LVII. Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament 276 LVIII. The Origin of the Ocean 279 LIX. Brer Rabbit gets Brer Fox's Dinner 283 LX. How the Bear nursed the Little Alligators 291 LXI. Why Mr. Dog runs Brer Rabbit 295 LXII. Brer Wolf and the Horned Cattle 298 LXIII. Brer Fox and the White Muscadines 302 LXIV. Mr. Hawk and Brer Buzzard 306 LXV. Mr. Hawk and Brer Rabbit 309 LXVI. The Wise Bird and the Foolish Bird 312 LXVII. Old Brer Terrapin gets some Fish 315 LXVIII. Brer Fox makes a Narrow Escape 318 LXIX. Brer Fox's Fish Trap 321 LXX. Brer Rabbit rescues Brer Terrapin 325 LXXI. The Night before Christmas 333   Illustrations

  Uncle Remus and the Little Boy Frontispiece "He to' down a whole panel er fence gittin' 'way fum dar" 20 "Brer Rabbit turnt 'er aloose, en down she come—ker-swosh!" 44 "'Brer Tarrypin, please lemme go!'" 68 "'Ah-yi! You oughter ax me dat fus', Brer Coon'" 92 "Brer Rabbit fotch a wiggle, he did, en lit on he foots" 128 "'Ef you git any mo' sense, Son Riley, you'll be de ruination ev de whole settlement'" 174 "De little Rabs, dey promise dat dey won't open de do' fer nobody" 212 "En, bless gracious! dem ar creeturs racked off fum dar en lef' ole Brer Wolf und' dat ar rock" 232 "He sorter hunch Brer Possum in de short ribs, en ax 'im how he come on" 268 "'I dunner w'en I bin so sorry 'bout anything ez I is 'bout Brer Fox nice long tail'" 286 "He git de finest mess er fish you mos' ever laid yo' eyes on" 324   MR. FOX AND MISS GOOSE MR. FOX AND MISS GOOSE

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