Nights With Uncle Remus - Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation

Joel Chandler Harris

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• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
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Project Gutenberg's Nights With Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Author: Joel Chandler Harris Release Date: August 25, 2008 [EBook #26429] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS *** Produced by Chris Curnow, Michael, Jacqueline Jeremy, some pages from The Internet Archive/American Libraries, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS Cover View larger image To List of Illustrations MISS MEASOWS AND BROTHER RABBIT View larger image To List of Illustrations Books by Joel Chandler Harris. LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. MR. RABBIT AT HOME. A Sequel to Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. THE STORY OF AARON (SO-NAMED) THE SON OF BEN ALI. Told by his Friends and Acquaintances. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. AARON IN THE WILDWOODS. Illustrated by Oliver Herford. PLANTATION PAGEANTS. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith. NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS. Illustrated.UNCLE REMUS AND HIS FRIENDS. Illustrated. MINGO, AND OTHER SKETCHES IN BLACK AND WHITE. BALAAM AND HIS MASTER, AND OTHER SKETCHES. SISTER JANE, HER FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES. A Narrative of Certain Events and Episodes transcribed from the Papers of the late William Wornum. 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 Logo 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 CHAPTER PAGE 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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACE PAGE Miss Meadows and Brother Rabbit Frontispiece Mr. Fox and Miss Goose" 4 Brother Rabbit and the Little Girl 14 Brother Rabbit's Astonishing Prank 24 Mr. Benjamin Ram and his Wonderful Fiddle" 46 Brother Fox, Brother Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter" 70 Brother Fox covets the Quills" 82 A Dream and a Story" 96 Brother Rabbit takes some Exercise" 110 "Why Brother Bear has no Tail" 116 "Why the Alligator's Back is Rough" 144 "Brother Wolf says Grace" 152 Why the Guinea Fowls are Speckled 196 Brother Rabbit and the Mosquitoes" 216 The Pimmerly Plum" 228 Brother Rabbit gets the Provisions" 234 Brother Wolf still in Trouble" 278 Brother Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat" 288 "Brother Rabbit ties Mr. Lion" 328 "How the Bear nursed the Little Alligator" 344 "Good-Night" 404Introduction [i_1]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