TALES OF THE HOME FOLKS IN PEACE AND WAR. Illustrated.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and New York

NIGHTS
WITH UNCLE REMUS
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE
OLD PLANTATION
BY
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
AUTHOR OF "UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND SAYINGS,"
"AT TEAGUE POTEET'S," ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS
COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY ESTHER LA ROSE HARRIS
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Mr. Fox and Miss Goose[3]
II.Brother Fox catches Mr. Horse[8]
III.Brother Rabbit and the Little Girl[12]
IV.How Brother Fox was too Smart[17]
V.Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank[21]
VI.Brother Rabbit secures a Mansion[26]
VII.Mr. Lion hunts for Mr. Man[33]
VIII.The Story of the Pigs[38]
IX.Mr. Benjamin Ram and his Wonderful Fiddle[44]
X.Brother Rabbit's Riddle[51]
XI.How Mr. Rooster lost his Dinner[56]
XII.Brother Rabbit breaks up a Party[61]
XIII.Brother Fox, Brer Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter[68]
XIV.Brother Terrapin deceives Brother Buzzard[74]
XV.Brother Fox covets the Quills[79]
XVI.How Brother Fox failed to get his Grapes[83]
XVII.Brother Fox figures as an Incendiary[90]
XVIII.A Dream and a Story[95]
XIX.The Moon in the Mill-Pond[100]
XX.Brother Rabbit takes some Exercise[108]
XXI.Why Brother Bear has no Tail[113]
XXII.How Brother Rabbit frightened his Neighbors[118]
XXIII.Mr. Man has some Meat[123]
XXIV.How Brother Rabbit got the Meat[128]
XXV.African Jack[132]
XXVI. Why the Alligator's Back is Rough[141]
XXVII.Brother Wolf says Grace[146]
XXVIII.Spirits, Seen and Unseen[154]
XXIX.A Ghost Story[161]
XXX.Brother Rabbit and his Famous Foot[166]
XXXI.""In some Lady's Garden""[177]
XXXII.Brother 'Possum gets in Trouble[185]
XXXIII.Why the Guinea-fowls are Speckled[193]
XXXIV.Brother Rabbit's Love-charm[198]
XXXV.Brother Rabbit submits to a Test[203]
XXXVI.Brother Wolf falls a Victim[208]
XXXVII.Brother Rabbit and the Mosquitoes[214]
XXXVIII.The Pimmerly Plum[223]
XXXIX.Brer Rabbit gets the Provisions[230]
XL.""Cutta Cord-La"!"[236]
XLI.Aunt Tempy's Story[241]
XLII.The Fire-Test[248]
XLIII.The Cunning Snake[255]
XLIV. How Brother Fox was too Smart[260]
XLV.Brother Wolf gets in a Warm Place[268]
XLVI.Brother Wolf still in Trouble[274]
XLVII.Brer Rabbit lays in his Beef Supply[280]
XLVIII. Brother Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat[286]
XLIX.Mr. Benjamin Ram Defends Himself[291]
L.Brother Rabbit pretends to be Poisoned[297]
LI.More Trouble for Brother Wolf[302]
LII.Brother Rabbit outdoes Mr. Man[306]
LIII.Brother Rabbit takes a Walk[311]
LIV.Old Grinny-Granny Wolf[314]
LV. How Wattle Weasel was Caught[319]
LVI.Brother Rabbit ties Mr. Lion[325]
LVII.Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament[330]
LVIII.The Origin of the Ocean[334]
LIX.Brother Rabbit gets Brother Fox's Dinner[339]
LX.How the Bear nursed the Little Alligators[344]
LXI.Why Mr. Dog runs Brother Rabbit[349]
LXII.Brother Wolf and the Horned Cattle[353]
LXIII.Brother Fox and the White Muscadines[357]
LXIV.Mr. Hawk and Brother Buzzard[362]
LXV.Mr. Hawk and Brother Rabbit[366]
LXVI.The Wise Bird and the Foolish Bird[370]
LXVII.Old Brother Terrapin gets some Fish[373]
LXVIII.Brother Fox makes a Narrow Escape[377]
LXIX.Brother Fox's Fish Trap[381]
LXX.Brother Rabbit rescues Brother Terrapin[386]
LXXI.The Night before Christmas[396]