CONTENTS

THE AUTHOR

CALEB

RODNEY

TESNEY, THE DECEIVED

REGNAN'S ANNIVERSARY

"KOTCHIN' DE NINES" (A NEGRO TALE CURRENT IN LOUISVILLE)

A TOWN SKETCH

THE STUMP OF A CIGAR

A RUSTIC COMEDY

THE JACKAL AND THE LION [1] AN AFRICAN FOLK-LORE TALE

THE KING'S SHOES

HOW MR. RABBIT SECURES A PRETTY WIFE AND RICH FATHER-IN-LAW

THE LITTLE BOY AND MISTER DARK

OBSERVATION

THE BOY AND THE IDEAL

THE NEGRO AND THE AUTOMOBILE

FAITH IN THE WHITE FOLKS

THE CANE AND THE UMBRELLA

NEGRO TALES

NEGRO TALES
By JOSEPH S. COTTER

NEW YORK
THE COSMOPOLITAN PRESS
1912

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
The Cosmopolitan Press