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Harris, Joel Chandler

journalist, author, was born Dec. 8, 1848, in Eatonton, Ga. He is an Atlanta journalist, editor of The Constitution, celebrated as the author of Uncle Remus, a unique character study of the southern negro as well as a notable contribution to the literature of folk-lore. His writings include Uncle Remus: his Songs and his Sayings; Nights with Uncle Remus; Uncle Remus and his Friends; Mingo, and Other Sketches in Black and White; Balaam and his Master, and Other Sketches; Little Mr. tle Mr. Thimblefinger, a juvenile; Mr.

Rabbit at Home, a juvenile; The Story of Aaron , a juvenile; Free Joe, and Other Georgian Sketches; Evening Tales, from Georgia; Sister Jane, her Friends and the the French of Frederic Ortoli; Stories of of Acquaintances; and Georgia, from the Invasion of De Soto to Recent Times. was