The stories included in this volume appeared during 1905 — 06 in the metropolitan mag azine. They are told by Uncle Remus, but the little boy who listens to them is the son of the little boy of the early volumes. He isvisiting his grandmother (miss Sally on the plantation where his father grew up, and, in his turn, has become the devoted fol lower of the old dar/eey. It was the intention of the author to continue this series and to gather the stories eventually into afifth volume of uncle remus tales. But his editorial du ties on the uncle remus magazine absorbed most of the energy of his last two years and the projected volume was not completed.