Transcriber’s Note: The reader may wish to be warned that this book contains language which is nowadays considered racially offensive. [Illustration: _Drawn by A. B. Frost_ “_Is anybody ever hear de beat er dat?_”--“_Brother Rabbit’s Laughing-Place_”] _Told by_ UNCLE REMUS New Stories of the Old Plantation _by_ JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS _Illustrated by_ A. B. FROST, J. M. CONDE _and_ FRANK UERBECK GROSSET & DUNLAP _Publishers_ NEW YORK _Copyright, 1903, 1904, 1905, by_ JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS Copyright, 1903, 1904, 1905, by P. F. Collier & Son Copyright, 1904, 1905, by The Metropolitan Magazine Company PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y. 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