Books with title Nights with Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation

Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from southern African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and Jean de La Fontaine's stories. 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 written in an eye dialect devised by Harris to represent a Deep South Gullah 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.Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a likable character, prone to tricks and trouble-making, who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. In one tale, Br'er Fox constructs a lump of tar and puts clothing on it. When Br'er Rabbit comes along he addresses the "tar baby" amiably but receives no response. Br'er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as Tar Baby's lack of manners, punches it, and becomes stuck.

The volume containing an instalment of thirty-four negro legends, which was given to the public three years ago, was accompanied by an apology for both the matter and the manner. Perhaps such an apology is more necessary now than it was then; but the warm reception given to the book on all sides—by literary critics, as well as by ethnologists and students of folk-lore, in this country and in Europe—has led the author to believe that a volume embodying everything, or nearly everything, of importance in the oral literature of the negroes of the Southern States, would be as heartily welcomed. The thirty-four legends in the first volume were merely selections from the large body of plantation folk-lore familiar to the author from his childhood, and these selections were made less with an eye to their ethnological importance than with a view to presenting certain quaint and curious race characteristics, of which the world at large had had either vague or greatly exaggerated notions. The first book, therefore, must be the excuse and apology for the present volume. Indeed, the first book made the second a necessity; for, immediately upon its appearance, letters and correspondence began to pour in upon the author from all parts of the South. Much of this correspondence was very valuable, for it embodied legends that had escaped the author’s memory, and contained hints and suggestions that led to some very interesting discoveries. The result is, that the present volume is about as complete as it could be made under the circumstances, though there is no doubt of the existence of legends and myths, especially upon the rice plantations, and Sea Islands of the Georgia and Carolina seacoast, which, owing to the difficulties that stand in the way of those who attempt to gather them, are not included in this collection. It is safe to say, however, that the best and most characteristic of the legends current on the rice plantations and Sea Islands, are also current on the cotton plantations. Indeed, this has been abundantly verified in the correspondence of those who kindly consented to aid the author in his efforts to secure stories told by the negroes on the seacoast. The great majority of legends and stories collected and forwarded by these generous collaborators had already been collected among the negroes on the cotton plantations and uplands of Georgia and other Southern States. This will account for the comparatively meagre contribution which Daddy Jack, the old African of the rice plantations, makes towards the entertainment of the little boy.

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NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS I MR. FOX AND MISS GOOSE: IT had been raining all day so that Uncle Remus found it impossible to go out. The storm had begun, the old man declared, just as the chickens were crowing for day, and it had continued almost without intermission. The dark gray clouds had blotted out the sun, and the leafless limbs of the tall oaks surrendered themselves drearily to the fantastic gusts that drove the drizz1e fitfully before them. The lady to whom Uncle Remus belonged had been thoughtful of the old man, and 'Tildy, the house-girl, had been commissioned to carry him his meals. This arrangement came to the knowledge of the little boy at supper time, and he lost no time in obtaining permission to accompany 'Tildy. Unde Hemus made a great demonstration over the thoughtful kindness of his "Miss Sally." "Ef she aint one blessid little woman," he said. in his simple fervent way, "den dey aint none un urn 'roun' in deze parts." 'Table of Contents CONTENTS; CBAPTEB P~G; I lIR Fox AND ~fISS GOOSE B; II BROTHER Fox CATCHES l:fR HORSE 8; III BROTHER llARBI1' AND THE LI'ITLE GIRL 12; IV How BROTHER Fox WAS TOO S~IART 17; V BnOTHER RABBIT'S AS-I'ONISIIING PRANK 21; VI B IiOTHER RABBIT HI:;Ct:RES A :MANSIO~ • 26; VII l1R LroN HUNTS FOR lIR lIAN SS; VIII TIlE SrOllY OP THE FIOS • 38; IX llR BENJA~nN HAM AND HIS "rONDERFUL F'IDDr; F • 44; X BROTHER RADBITtS RIDDLE 61; XI How llR ROOS'fER LOST HIS DINNER 66; XII BROTHER HABB[T BREAKS UP A PAR'l'Y 61; XIII BROTHER Fox, BROTHER RABBIT, AND KING; DEER'S DAUGHTER 68; XIV BROTHER TERRAPIN DBcy-rVES BROTHER Buz·; ZARD 74; XV BROTHER Fox COVETS THE QuILLS 79; XVI How BROTHER Fox FAILED TO GET HIS; GHAPES; XVII 11R Fox FIGURES AS AN INCENDIARY •; XVIII A DREUl A;D A STORY; XIX THE :100N IN THE )IILL-POND •; XX BROTHER RABBIT TAKES SO~IE EXERCISE; XXI WHY BROTHER BEAR lIAS NO TAIL ; 83; 90; 95; 100; 108; 113; CONTENTS; XXII How BROTHER RABBIT FRIGHTENED HIS; N EIGIIDOR

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