The tar-baby : and other rhymes of Uncle Remus / by Joel Chandler Harris ; with illustrations in color by A. B. Frost and E. W. Kemble.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Other Authors: Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928
Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933
Language:English
Published: New York : D. Appleton and Company, 1904.
Series:Jack and Susan Davis Rare Book Collection.
Subjects:
Brer Rabbit > (Trickster) > Juvenile poetry.
Animals > Juvenile poetry.
Conduct of life > Juvenile poetry.
African Americans > Juvenile poetry.
Plantation life > Juvenile poetry.
Storytelling > Juvenile poetry.
Genre:
Juvenile poetry.
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 gift of Jack and Susan Davis.
Physical Description:xiv, 190 pages, 1 leaf, 8 plates : frontispiece, illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Brer Rabbit and the tar-baby
  • De appile-tree
  • De 'gater and de rabbit gizzard
  • A wishing song
  • How Brer Tarrypin learned to fly
  • "It's good to be old if you know how to do"
  • The hard-headed woman
  • Two tales in one--one tale in two
  • Why the frog has no tail
  • Uncle Remus captures a dream
  • Why the buzzard's head is bald
  • De ol' stand-bys
  • Brer Rabbit's gigglin'-place
  • Mr. Rabbit run fur--Mr. Rabbit run fas'
  • Baylor's mail
  • Revival hymn
  • Camp-meeting song
  • Corn-shucking song
  • The plough-hands' song
  • Christmas play-song
  • Plantation play-song
  • Transcriptions: I.A plantation chant ; II. A plantation serenade
  • De big Bethel Church
  • Time goes by turns
  • A howdy song.