Guide: Uncle Remus Returns

UNCLE REMUS RETURNS

by Joel Chandler Harris [1883]

Below you will find the table of contents with links to online texts, and audio too! The images come from the edition at Internet Archive:

1 . Brother Rabbit's Bear Hunt
At this blog.
Summary: Rabbit convinces Wolf and Fox to help him in hunting Bear. Then he goes to Bear and tells him Wolf and Fox are hunting him. Rabbit then pretends to be chasing Bear so that Bear can attack Fox and Wolf where they are waiting.
Chase: Complete Tales, p. 783
Lester: Further Tales of Uncle Remus, p. 59
Librivox Audio.

2 . Impty-umpty and the Blacksmith
At this blog.
Summary: Rabbit lets blacksmith know he'll have a visitor. The visitor turns out to be the Devil. The blacksmith manages to trap the Devil in a box, but Rabbit taunts him so that he lets the Devil out. When the blacksmith dies, the Devil won't let him in and tells him to make his own hell somewhere else instead.
Chase: Complete Tales, p. 792
Lester: Last Tales of Uncle Remus, p. 49
Librivox Audio.

3 . Taily-Po
At this blog.
Summary: Rabbit and man argue about the garden; Rabbit barely escapes the man's dogs. Rabbit wants revenge. He goes to Mammy-Bammy Big-Money who summons a supernatural creature. The creature goes to the man's house. The man pulls off the creature's tail. It wants its tail back. Eventually the creature gets its tail back and sets the house on fire.
Chase: Complete Tales, p. 803
Lester: Further Tales of Uncle Remus, p. 70
Librivox Audio.

4 . Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and King Lion
At this blog.
Summary: Lion is sick; he demands animals bring him food. Rabbit is his doctor. Fox does not come visit. Rabbit finds Fox with a duck and two pullets; he tells him Lion has summoned him. Fox leaves food at home, and then goes to court. Rabbit gets Mrs. Fox to give him food, and then he goes to court. Rabbit pretends to intervene with Lion on his behalf, and Fox is so glad he says Rabbit is welcome to food if he can get Mrs. Fox to part with it.
Chase: Complete Tales, p. 814
Lester: Further Tales of Uncle Remus, p. 77
Librivox Audio.

5 . Brer Rabbit and the Calico
At this blog.
Summary: Brer Rabbit tells Mrs. Fox that Lion sent her a calico, so she beats Mr. Fox. They realize he has tricked them, so they go hunting for Rabbit. Rabbit tells Lion only cure for his boil is fresh fox-hide, and that he should then send to the carcass to Mrs. Fox.
Chase: Complete Tales, p. 823
Lester: Further Tales of Uncle Remus, p. 86
Librivox Audio.

6 . The Most Beautiful Bird in the World
At this blog.
Summary: In beauty contest among the birds, with Brer Rabbit as judge, Miss Coo-Coo takes feathers from all birds; she wins, and flies away. All birds are saying her name even now and preening where they gave her feathers.
Chase: Complete Tales, p. 833
Lester: Further Tales of Uncle Remus, p. 44
Librivox Audio.