Books with title Uncle Remus His Songs and His Sayings

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Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States blacks. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. The stories are told in Harris's version of a Deep South slave dialect. The genre of stories is the trickster tale. At the time of Harris' publication, his work was praised for its ability to capture plantation negro dialect.

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PREFACE AND DEDICATIONTO THE NEW EDITIONTo Arthur Burdette Frost:My DEAR FROST: I am expected to suppl~.;' a prefacefor this new edition of nly £rst book-to advance frombehind the curtain, as it were, and make a fresh bowto the public that has dealt with Uncle Remus in sogentle and generous a fashion. For this event thelights are to be rekindled, and I am expected torespond in son1e fonnal way to an encore that marksthe fifteenth anniversary of the book. There havebeen other editions-how many I do not rememberbuttllis is to be an entirely new one, except as to thematter: new type, new pictures, and new binding.But, as frequently happens on such occasions, Iam at a loss for a word. I seem to see before me thesmiling faces of thousands of children-some youngand fresh, and SOlne wearing the friendly marks ofage, but. all children at heart-and not an unfriendlyface among them. And out of the confusion, andiii while I am trying hard to speak the righTable of Contents CONTENTS; LEGE~'"DS OF THE OLD PLANTATION; I-Uncle Remus initiates the Little Boy; II-The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story o; IlL-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; XL-Mr Wolf makes a Failure; XIL-l1r 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 Cood Fishennan ; XVII-1lr Rabbit nibbles up the Butter; XVlII-ltlr Rabbit Bvds his Match at last ; XIX-The Fa

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.