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" [x]404
TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS New Stories of the Old Plantation By Joel Chandler Harris CONTENTS PAGE The Reason Why 3 I Why Mr. Cricket has Elbows on his Legs 19 II How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag 37 III Brother Rabbit's Laughing-Place 53 IV Brother Rabbit and the Chickens 74 V Little Mister Cricket and the Other Creatures 87 VI When Brother Rabbit was King 101 VII How Old Craney-Crow Lost his Head 126 VIII Brother Fox Follows the Fashion 141 IX Why the Turkey-Buzzard is Bald-Headed 153 X Brother Deer an' King Sun's Daughter 172 XI Brother Rabbit's Cradle 188 XII Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog 205 XIII Why Mr. Dog is Tame 230 XIV Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard Eater 243 XV Brother Rabbit and Miss Nancy 266 XVI The Hard-Headed Woman 276 LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS "IS ANYBODY EVER HEAR DE BEAT ER DAT?" Frontispiece FACING PAGE "So he holler down thoo de crack" 34 "'Does you call dis good luck?'" 36 "Dey sot dar . talkin' 'bout ol' times" 44 "'Git 'im use ter de bag'" 48 "'Den you come on home; yo' mammy want you'" 50 "Went off home des ez gayly ez a colt in a barley patch" 80 "'Brer Rabbit, whar you gwine?'" 82 "Brer Fox, say, 'Gents, . I wanter tell you dat I'm de swiffes' one in dis bunch'" 92 "Mr. Elephant went splungin' thoo de woods same ez a harrycane" 96 "So his ol' 'oman went out ter de woodpile an' got de ax" 150 "She dremp dat Brer Rabbit wuz laughin' at 'er" 152 "Brer Deer went on fer ter tell Brer Rabbit" 180 "De beau got ter flingin' his sass roun' Brer Rabbit" 272 "De gal, she cry some, but dey went off an' got married" 274 "Den he shuck a gourd-vine over de pot" 286 "De ax, it clum back on top er de woodpile an' fell off on t'er side" 290 "Den she lit out atter de pot like she was runnin' a foot-race" 292