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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Joel Chandler Harris

Author: Joel Chandler Harris and David Widger

Release Date: January 13, 2019 [EBook #58687]

Language: English

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

Compiled by David Widger

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##  UNCLE REMUS SONGS AND SAYINGS

##  UNCLE REMUS AND BRER RABBIT

##  NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

##  NIGHTS WTH UNCLE REMUS

##  TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS

##  MINGO

##  MR. THIMBLEFINGER

##  A LITTLE UNION SCOUT

##  STORIES OF GEORGIA

##  FREE JOE

##  GABRIEL TOLLIVER

##  THE BISHOP AND THE BOOGERMAN

##  ON THE PLANTATION

##  AARON IN THE WILDWOODS

##  BALAAM AND HIS MASTER

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION

I. UNCLE REMUS INITIATES THE LITTLE BOY

II. THE WONDERFUL TAR BABY STORY

III. 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

XI. MR. WOLF MAKES A FAILURE

XII. MR. 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 GOOD FISHERMAN

XVII. MR. RABBIT NIBBLES UP THE BUTTER

XVIII. MR. RABBIT FINDS HIS MATCH AT LAST

XIX. THE FATE OF MR. JACK SPARROW

XX. HOW MR. RABBIT SAVED HIS MEAT

XXI. MR. RABBIT MEETS HIS MATCH AGAIN

XXII. A STORY ABOUT THE LITTLE RABBITS

XXIII. MR. RABBIT AND MR. BEAR

XXIV. MR. BEAR CATCHES OLD MR. BULL-FROG

XXV. HOW MR. RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL

XXVI. MR. TERRAPIN SHOWS HIS STRENGTH

XXVII. WHY MR. POSSUM HAS NO HAIR ON HIS TAIL

XXVIII. THE END OF MR. BEAR

XXIX. MR. FOX GETS INTO SERIOUS BUSINESS

XXX. HOW MR. RABBIT SUCCEEDED IN RAISING A DUST

XXXI. A PLANTATION WITCH

XXXII. "JACKY-MY-LANTERN" *1

XXXIII. WHY THE NEGRO IS BLACK

XXXIV. THE SAD FATE OF MR. FOX

PLANTATION PROVERBS

HIS SONGS

I. REVIVAL HYMN

II. CAMP-MEETING SONG *

III. CORN-SHUCKING SONG

IV. THE PLOUGH-HANDS' SONG (JASPER COUNTY—1860.)

V. CHRISTMAS PLAY-SONG (MYRICK PLACE, PUTNAM COUNTY 1858.)

VI. PLANTATION PLAY-SONG (PUTNAM COUNTY—1856.)

VII. TRANSCRIPTIONS *1

1. A PLANTATION CHANT

2.A PLANTATION SERENADE

VIII. THE BIG BETHEL CHURCH

IX. TIME GOES BY TURNS

A STORY OF THE WAR

HIS SAYINGS

I. JEEMS ROBER'SON'S LAST ILLNESS

II. UNCLE REMUS'S CHURCH EXPERIENCE

III. UNCLE REMUS AND THE SAVANNAH DARKEY

IV. TURNIP SALAD AS A TEXT

V. A CONFESSION

VI. UNCLE REMUS WITH THE TOOTHACHE

VII. THE PHONOGRAPH

VIII. RACE IMPROVEMENT

IX. IN THE ROLE OF A TARTAR

X. A CASE OF MEASLES

XI. THE EMIGRANTS

XII. AS A MURDERER

XIII. HIS PRACTICAL VIEW OF THINGS

XIV. THAT DECEITFUL JUG

XV. THE FLORIDA WATERMELON

XVI. UNCLE REMUS PREACHES TO A CONVERT

XVII. AS TO EDUCATION

XVIII. A TEMPERANCE REFORMER

XIX. AS A WEATHER PROPHET

XX. THE OLD MAN'S TROUBLES

XXI. THE FOURTH OF JULY

UNCLE REMUS and BRER RABBIT

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS

BRER RABBIT’S FROLIC

BROTHER BEAR’S BIG HOUSE

BRER RABBIT TREATS THE CREETURS TO A RACE

BRER RABBIT’S FLYING TRIP

BRER RABBIT AND THE GOLD MINE

BRER RABBIT GETS BRER FOX A HOSS

BRER RABBIT FINDS THE MOON IN THE MILL POND

HOW MR. LION LOST HIS WOOL

HOW BRER RABBIT GOT A HOUSE

BRER RABBIT AND THE PARTRIDGE NEST

NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

By Joel Chandler Harris

With Illustrations By Milo Winter

CONTENTS

I.

Mr. Fox and Miss Goose

3

II.

Brer Fox catches Mr. Horse

7

III.

Brer Rabbit and the Little Girl

11

IV.

Brer Fox copies Brer Rabbit

14

V.

Brer Rabbit's Astonishing Prank

18

VI.

Brer Rabbit secures a Mansion

22

VII.

Mr. Lion hunts for Mr. Man

27

VIII.

The Story of the Pigs

31

IX.

Mr. Benjamin Ram and his Wonderful Fiddle

35

X.

Brer Rabbit's Riddle

41

XI.

How Mr. Rooster lost his Dinner

49

XII.

Brer Rabbit breaks up a Party

53

XIII.

Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter

58

XIV.

Brer Terrapin deceives Brer Buzzard

62

XV.

Brer Fox covets the Quills

66

XVI.

How Brer Fox failed to get his Grapes

70

XVII.

Brer Fox figures as an Incendiary

75

XVIII.

A Dream and a Story

79

XIX.

The Moon in the Mill-Pond

83

XX.

Brer Rabbit takes some Exercise

89

XXI.

Why Brer Bear has no Tail

97

XXII.

How Brer Rabbit frightened his Neighbors

100

XXIII.

Mr. Man has some Meat

105

XXIV.

How Brer Rabbit got the Meat

108

XXV.

African Jack

112

XXVI.

Why the Alligator's Back is Rough

119

XXVII.

Brer Wolf says Grace

123

XXVIII.

Spirits, Seen and Unseen

129

XXIX.

A Ghost Story

134

XXX.

Brer Rabbit and his Famous Foot

141

XXXI.

"In some Lady's Garden"

149

XXXII.

Brer 'Possum gets in Trouble

156

XXXIII.

Why the Guinea-fowls are speckled

162

XXXIV.

Brer Rabbit's Love-charm

166

XXXV.

Brer Rabbit submits to a Test

170

XXXVI.

Brer Wolf falls a Victim

174

XXXVII.

Brer Rabbit and the Mosquitoes

179

XXXVIII.

The Pimmerly Plum

185

XXXIX.

Brer Rabbit gets the Provisions

195

XL.

"Cutta Cord-La!"

200

XLI.

Aunt Tempy's Story

204

XLII.

The Fire-Test

209

XLIII.

The Cunning Snake

214

XLIV.

How Brer Fox was too Smart

218

XLV.

Brer Wolf gets in a Warm Place

225

XLVI.

Brer Wolf still in Trouble

229

XLVII.

Brer Rabbit lays in his Beef Supply

234

XLVIII.

Brer Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat

238

XLIX.

Mr. Benjamin Ram defends Himself

245

L.

Brer Rabbit pretends to be Poisoned

249

LI.

More Trouble for Brer Wolf

253

LII.

Brer Rabbit outdoes Mr. Man

256

LIII.

Brer Rabbit takes a Walk

260

LIV.

Old Grinny-Granny Wolf

263

LV.

How Wattle Weasel was Caught

267

LVI.

Brer Rabbit ties Mr. Lion

272

LVII.

Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament

276

LVIII.

The Origin of the Ocean

279

LIX.

Brer Rabbit gets Brer Fox's Dinner

283

LX.

How the Bear nursed the Little Alligators

291

LXI.

Why Mr. Dog runs Brer Rabbit

295

LXII.

Brer Wolf and the Horned Cattle

298

LXIII.

Brer Fox and the White Muscadines

302

LXIV.

Mr. Hawk and Brer Buzzard

306

LXV.

Mr. Hawk and Brer Rabbit

309

LXVI.

The Wise Bird and the Foolish Bird

312

LXVII.

Old Brer Terrapin gets some Fish

315

LXVIII.

Brer Fox makes a Narrow Escape

318

LXIX.

Brer Fox's Fish Trap

321

LXX.

Brer Rabbit rescues Brer Terrapin

325

LXXI.

The Night before Christmas

333

ILLUSTRATIONS

Uncle Remus and the Little Boy

Frontispiece

"He to' down a whole panel er fence gittin' 'way fum dar"

20

"Brer Rabbit turnt 'er aloose, en down she come—ker-swosh!"

44

"'Brer Tarrypin, please lemme go!'"

68

"'Ah-yi! You oughter ax me dat fus', Brer Coon'"

92

"Brer Rabbit fotch a wiggle, he did, en lit on he foots"

128

"'Ef you git any mo' sense, Son Riley, you'll be de ruination ev de whole settlement'"

174

"De little Rabs, dey promise dat dey won't open de do' fer nobody"

212

"En, bless gracious! dem ar creeturs racked off fum dar en lef' ole Brer Wolf und' dat ar rock"

232

"He sorter hunch Brer Possum in de short ribs, en ax 'im how he come on"

268

"'I dunner w'en I bin so sorry 'bout anything ez I is 'bout Brer Fox nice long tail'"

286

"He git de finest mess er fish you mos' ever laid yo' eyes on"

324

NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

Myths And Legends Of The Old Plantation

By Joel Chandler Harris

With Illustrations

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

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

MINGO

And Other Sketches In Black And White

By Joel Chandler Harris "UNCLE REMUS"

CONTENTS

MINGO: A SKETCH OF LIFE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA

AT TEAGUE POTEET'S: A SKETCH OF THE HOG MOUNTAIN RANGE

A PIECE OF LAND

BLUE DAVE

LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY

What the Children Saw and Heard There

By Joel Chandler Harris

Illustrated By Oliver Herford

CONTENTS

PAGE

I.

The Grandmother of the Dolls

5

II.

Mr. Thimblefinger’s Queer Country

17

III.

Mr. Thimblefinger’s Friends

33

IV.

Two Queer Stories

47

V.

The Talking-Saddle

61

VI.

The Talking-Saddle and the Thief

73

VII.

The Ladder of Lions

86

VIII.

Brother Terrapin’s Fiddle-String

101

IX.

The Looking-Glass Children

110

X.

Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker

121

XI.

How Brother Bear’s Hair was combed

131

XII.

A Singing-Match

139

XIII.

The Strawberry-Girl

147

XIV.

The Witch of the Well

155

XV.

The Bewitched Huntsman

165

XVI.

The Three Ivory Bobbins

175

XVII.

“Keen-Point,” “Cob-Handle,” and “Butch”

185

XVIII.

Mrs. Meadows resumes her Story

195

XIX.

A Story of the River

215

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Mr. Rabbit fell kerthump (Page 41)

Frontispiece

Rag-Tag rolling out of the Corner

10

The Grandmother of the Dolls and the big Black Cat

14

Sweetest Susan waking up

18

Following Little Mr. Thimblefinger

24

Mr. Rabbit and Mrs. Meadows

36

Mr. Billy-Goat and Mr. Wolf

52

My Mother washing the Old Man’s Coat and Waistcoat

56

Drusilla waiting on Mr. Rabbit

62

Tip-Top and the Mayor

68

The Mayor pardoning the Thief

82

Chickamy Crany Crow and Tickle-My-Toes

84

Mr. Rabbit bandaging Brother Lion’s Paw

92

The Ladder of Lions

98

Mr. Rabbit fiddling for Brother Terrapin

104

Brother Terrapin tumbling into the Creek

108

Sweetest Susan, meeting her Reflection

110

They all plunged into the Looking-Glass

118

Mr. Rabbit saying nothing

124

Brother Bear arguing the Rain Question

128

Mrs. Bear hanging out Clothes

134

Little Mr. Thimblefinger

140

The Singing-Match

144

Granny Grim-Eye finds a Beautiful Little Girl asleep

148

The Little Old Man discovers the Strawberry-Girl

150

The Golden-Haired, Beautiful Little Girl

164

The Little Old Man, Three Wits, and the Stag

174

The Stag and the Witch

180

The Little Girl and the Old Man

192

Valentine slaying the Spider

210

Valentine talking to the River

220

Buster John shaking Hands with Mr. Rabbit

228

A LITTLE UNION SCOUT

By Joel Chandler Harris

Illustrated by George Gibbs

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I drank in the melody with a new sense of its wild and melancholy beauty

Frontispiece

Facing page

"He's tryin' to git away!" yelled Forrest in a voice that could be heard all over the field

10

"I want you to catch this fellow and fetch him to me"

38

Whistling Jim ran into him head down like a bull

64

I was wild with remorse and grief

96

"If hate could kill you, you would fall dead from this horse"

110

The leader ... had an evil-looking eye

138

He had me covered

156

STORIES OF GEORGIA

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

STORIES OF GEORGIA.

A SEARCH FOR TREASURE.

OGLETHORPE AND HIS GENTLE COLONY

THE EMPRESS OF GEORGIA

THE LIBERTY BOYS.

A GROUP OF CHARACTERS

AUNT NANCY HART.

TWO SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.

A WAR OF EXTERMINATION.

A NEGRO PATRIOT.

THE YAZOO FRAUD

GEORGE MATTHEWS AND JOHN CLARKE.

AFTER THE REVOLUTION.

THE COTTON GIN.

SOME GEORGIA INVENTIONS.

THE EARLY PROGRESS OF THE STATE.

THE CREEKS AND THE CREEK WAR

TWO FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS.

REMOVAL OF THE CHEROKEES.

THE BEGINNING OF PARTIES IN GEORGIA.

A QUEER CASE.

GEORGIA WIT AND HUMOR.

SLAVERY AND SECESSION.

THE FARMER BOY OF GADDISTOWN.

GEORGIA IN THE WAR.

A DARING ADVENTURE.

THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

"THE NEW SOUTH"

ILLUSTRATIONS

De Soto

Indian Queen

Oglethorpe

Mary Musgrove

Empress Mary

The Liberty Boys

Tondee's Tavern

Seisure of Ammunition in Savannah

The Head of Robert Sallette

Mcgirth and his Mare

Captain Rory Mcintosh

Aunt Nancy Hart

Aunt Nancy Captures the Tories

General James Jackson

Elijah Clarke

A War of Extermination

Old Man Whipped at the Tail of a Cart

A Negro Patriot

The Yazoo Scheme

Rope to Hang Musgrove

George Matthews and John Clarke

After the Revolution

Early Cultivation of Cotton

Whitney and his Cotton Gin

William Longstreet and his Steamboat

Laughing Gas

Early Progress of the State

British Impressement of Americans

The Creek War

Major Adams Scouting and Indian Camp

Mcgillavray Joins the Indians

Indian Attack

General Clarke Whips Judge Tait

A Queer Case

The Bunkley Trial

Judge Dooly

The Roast Pig

Georgia Politics

Joe Brown and his Steers

Georgia in the War

The Salt Famine

Capture of the Locomotive

Tearing up the Rails

The Negroes Freed

Streetcar in the South

FREE JOE

And Other Georgian Sketches

By Joel Chandler Harris

ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS

PAGE

Free Joe

3

Little Compton

30

Aunt Fountain's Prisoner

98

Trouble on Lost Mountain

133

Azalia

183

GABRIEL TOLLIVER

A Story of Reconstruction

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS

Prelude

CHAPTER ONE Kettledrum and Fife

CHAPTER TWO A Town with a History

CHAPTER THREE The Return of Two Warriors

CHAPTER FOUR Mr. Goodlett's Passengers

CHAPTER FIVE The Story of Margaret Gaither

CHAPTER SIX The Passing of Margaret

CHAPTER SEVEN Silas Tomlin Goes A-Calling

CHAPTER EIGHT The Political Machine Begins Its Work

CHAPTER NINE Nan and Gabriel

CHAPTER TEN The Troubles of Nan

CHAPTER ELEVEN Mr. Sanders in His Cups

CHAPTER TWELVE Caught in a Corner

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Union League Organises

CHAPTER FOURTEEN Nan and Her Young Lady Friends

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Silas Tomlin Scents Trouble

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Silas Tomlin Finds Trouble

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Rhody Has Something to Say

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Knights of the White Camellia

CHAPTER NINETEEN Major Tomlin Perdue Arrives

CHAPTER TWENTY Gabriel at the Big Poplar

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Bridalbin Follows Gabriel

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The Fate of Mr. Hotchkiss

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Mr. Sanders Searches for Evidence

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Captain Falconer Makes Suggestions

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Mr. Sanders's Riddle

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Cephas Has His Troubles

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Mr. Sanders Visits Some of His Old Friends

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Nan and Margaret

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Bridalbin Finds His Daughter

CHAPTER THIRTY Miss Polly Has Some News

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Mr. Sanders Receives a Message

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Malvern Has a Holiday

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Gabriel as an Orator

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Nan Surrenders

THE BISHOP AND THE BOOGERMAN

Being The Story Of A Little Truly-Girl, Who Grew Up

By Joel Chandler Harris

Drawings by Charlotte Harding

CONTENTS

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

By JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

ILLUSTRATIONS

"They paused—then she pointed to the darkest corner"

"It seemed to Adelaide that it held a whole bushel of fried chicken and biscuits"

"The child stared at her uncle so seriously that he was actually embarrassed"

"Old Jonas would listen by her bedside to convince himself that she was really breathing"

"They began to creep forward, making as little noise as possible"

"'You are pouting,' she said, 'or you'd never be sitting in this room where nobody ever comes'"

"'That's why you see these shoes lookin' like they're spang new'"

"Mr. Sanders went from the courthouse with a sweeping stride"

ON THE PLANTATION

A Story Of A Georgia Boy’s Adventures During The War

By Joel Chandler Harris

Twenty-Three Illustrations By E. W. Kemble

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

JOE MAXWELL MAKES A START

CHAPTER II

A PLANTATION NEWSPAPER

CHAPTER III

TRACKING A RUNAWAY

CHAPTER IV

SHADOWS OF THE WAR

CHAPTER V

MR. WALL’S STORY

CHAPTER VI

THE OWL AND THE BIRDS

CHAPTER VII

OLD ZIP COON

CHAPTER VIII

SOMETHING ABOUT “SANDY-CLAUS”

CHAPTER IX

DESERTERS AND RUNAWAYS

CHAPTER X

THE STORY-TELLERS

CHAPTER XI

THE RELIEF COMMITTEE

CHAPTER XII

A GEORGIA FOX-HUNT

CHAPTER XIII

A NIGHT’S ADVENTURES

CHAPTER XIV

THE CURTAIN FALLS

AARON IN THE WILDWOODS

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

Page

Prelude

1

I.

The Little Master

23

II.

The Secrets of the Swamp

38

III.

What Chunky Riley saw and heard

56

IV.

Between Midnight and Dawn

74

V.

The Hunt begins

92

VI.

The Hunt ends

111

VII.

Aaron sees the Signal

129

VIII.

The Happenings of a Night

148

IX.

The Upsetting of Mr. Gossett

166

X.

Chunky Riley sees a Queer Sight

185

XI.

The Problem that Timoleon presented

202

XII.

What the Patrollers saw and heard

219

XIII.

The Apparition the Fox Hunters saw

237

XIV.

The Little Master says Good Night

253

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

Mr. Coon insisted on gadding about

Frontispiece.

It was a Swamp

8

That's Randall's Song

32

Mr. Red Fox meets Mr. Gray Fox

40

A-straddle of the Grunter's Back

48

The Horses were right at his Heels

72

The Goblin Pain

76

The Spring of Cool Refreshing Water

80

Brindle and Aaron

104

In the Swamp

124

Rambler's Fight with the Moccasin

132

He stood as still as a Statue

144

It was the White-Haired Master

160

They tore him all to Flinders

172

The Excited Horse plunged along

180

He edged away as far as he could

188

Aaron and Little Crotchet

212

Behind a Tree stood George Gossett

216

The Black Stallion

224

It was fine for Mr. Fox

238

The Phantom Horseman

242

Aaron and Timoleon

250

Big Sal holds the Little Master

262

The Death of the Little Master

268

BALAAM AND HIS MASTER

AND OTHER SKETCHES AND STORIES

By Joel Chandler Harris

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Balaam and His Master

7

A Conscript's Christmas

45

Ananias

112

Where's Duncan?

149

Mom Bi

170

The Old Bascom Place

192

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Table of Contents

INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

UNCLE REMUS: HIS SONGS AND HIS SAYINGS

CONTENTS

UNCLE REMUS and BRER RABBIT

CONTENTS

NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

With Illustrations By Milo Winter CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

Myths And Legends Of The Old Plantation By Joel Chandler Harris

With Illustrations CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS

New Stories of the Old Plantation

CONTENTS

LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

MINGO

And Other Sketches In Black And White

CONTENTS

LITTLE MR. THIMBLEFINGER AND HIS QUEER COUNTRY

What the Children Saw and Heard There

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A LITTLE UNION SCOUT

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

STORIES OF GEORGIA

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

FREE JOE

And Other Georgian Sketches

ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS

GABRIEL TOLLIVER

A Story of Reconstruction

CONTENTS

THE BISHOP AND THE BOOGERMAN

Being The Story Of A Little Truly-Girl, Who Grew Up

Drawings by Charlotte Harding

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ON THE PLANTATION

A Story Of A Georgia Boy’s Adventures During The War

Twenty-Three Illustrations By E. W. Kemble

CONTENTS

AARON IN THE WILDWOODS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

BALAAM AND HIS MASTER AND OTHER SKETCHES AND STORIES

CONTENTS.

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