The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-05

! on record No folklore can equal. none | need hops to surpass those short sto-
 ries in that first great book: "Unc.e
 Hemus, His Songs and His Sayings" :"
 columns of southern newspaper, and | attracted worldwide attention and an
 admiration that will be lasting:
 joy books of f the he world W1ade is That that first l Uncle Remus" There Is no ressmp- | lance between that first book and this J save a pleasant genial style of writ The stories in brief are somewhat like
 this: why Mir Cricket Has Elbows on His Legs" Mf. Cricket was large as
 goat In the year one. The old Uncle Remus would not have had him grow | good one for the change He sat un- der the house in the corner of the chim- ney to fiddle. He disturbed the maa. of
 the house who threatened to throw hot by threatening to kick the chimney down. The water was poured, the chimney was kicked down. the cricket 1 moved to the next house and continues | to chirp in chimney corners. He kick ed so hard at the chimney. dat he on- | tinted his legs. an when he crawled out | fum ee chimney his elbows wuz whar his knees oughter he at :" The new Uncle Remus tells the story in eighteen pages.
 The next tale has more of the old
 flavor to It. How Wiley Wolf Rode | in the Bag"
 Wiley Wolf and Riley Rabbit visited
 each other. playing games as wit I Old Wolf told the young ones to play riding in the bag. Sir Riley rode Wi I ley and Wiley rode Riley. Next Wolf | told Wiley to play tying in the bag So Wiley tied Riley and Riley tied Wi l ley in the bag. Old Rabbit full of sus- picion as usual told Riley to play
 last and tie Wiley Wolf fast in the bag | and lose him there. Riley tied him l fast and said: When I cut kindlin I'll come back and play till supper. Rabbit kept him at home. however and Wolf returning to his home found I the bag with something tied in. Riley Rabbit in the bag. thought he. so in he carried the bag and '"fo you could
 bat .yo' eye he had tossed it in the l pot" 'In the boiling water Oats l de way de tale run" This seeems truly a negro folk love tale. It has its counterpart in the recent stories of all races.
 "Brother Rabbits Laughing Place" I seems to be made to fit the old well known plantation rhyme:
 "He run ter de Eas and he run ter de wes,
 And jammed his head in a hornets |
 The Alabama negroes sing it: T run my bes', I run my res | run my head in hornets nes'? The other stories are Brother Rab- | bit and the Checkers" Little Mfster Cricket and the Other Creatures" l 'swhen Brother Rabbit Was King" l How Old Craney-Crow Lost His | Head" Brother Fox Follows the | Fashion" why the Turkey Buzzard l Is BaId-Headed." "Brother Deer an King Lun's Daughter" Brother Rab- bits Cradle" Brother Rabbit and I Brother Bull-Frog," Why MT. Dog is Tame" Brother Rabbit and the
 Gizzard Eater" Brother Rabbit and
 Miss Nancy" "The Hard Headed wo- man."
 The most of the stories have appear ed in different magazines The book Is delightfully."- illustrated by A. B.
 Forst. Frank verbeck and ]. Ne Co., ride.
 Bob and the Guides. By Mary Ray mond Shipman Andrews.--A little vol-
 ume fair with all a printers good arts. | The stories are told with the joy of & story teller pleased with his or her own voice. They are. must of the ten of Canadian camps, of the Cepen. It seems that so rich a subject might have given more striking incidents and | might have carried with them more