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EVENING TALES

Done into English from the French of

FRÉDÉRIC ORTOLI

by

Joel Chandler Harris

Author of "Uncle Remus"

Authorized Edition






New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1919

Copyright, 1893, by
Charles Scribner's Sons




CONTENTS


  I                                            PAGE
  A FRENCH TAR-BABY,                              1

  II
  TEENCHY DUCK,                                  13

  III
  MR. SNAIL AND BROTHER WOLF,                    34

  IV
  THE LION'S SECRET,                             39

  V
  THE KING AND THE LAPWINGS,                     64

  VI
  THE ROOSTER, THE CAT, AND THE REAP-HOOK,       75

  VII
  THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND,                        101

  VIII
  BROTHER TIGER AND DADDY SHEEP,                109

  IX
  "JUMP IN MY SACK!"                            128

  X
  A SEARCH FOR A FRIEND,                        155

  XI
  A CHILD OF THE ROSES,                         163

  XII
  THE KING OF THE LIONS,                        189

  XIII
  THE VIZIER, THE MONKEY, THE LION, AND
    THE SERPENT