. Uncle Remus and his friends; . Remus lives ! In the University ofBerlin, a lecturer on American literature pro-nounced Uncle Remus, His Songs and Say-ings the most important individual contri-bution to American literature since an estimate, sincere and rounded, we givethis, written by one of his associates at thetime of his death : — He was the articulate voice of the won-derful folklore of that humbler race whoseevery mood and tense he knew with completecomprehensiveness. His shrewd, kindly, andhumorous delineation of the negro, and thereasoning life he has given the simple animalso
. Uncle Remus and his friends; . Remus lives ! In the University ofBerlin, a lecturer on American literature pro-nounced Uncle Remus, His Songs and Say-ings the most important individual contri-bution to American literature since an estimate, sincere and rounded, we givethis, written by one of his associates at thetime of his death : — He was the articulate voice of the won-derful folklore of that humbler race whoseevery mood and tense he knew with completecomprehensiveness. His shrewd, kindly, andhumorous delineation of the negro, and thereasoning life he has given the simple animalsof the fields and forests, make him knownwherever people read and think. His missionwas - - and is — broader. For his folklore andhis novels, his short stories and his poems,breathe consistently a distinguishing philan-thropy. It is the creed of optimism, of mutualtrust and tolerance for all things living, ofcommon sense and of idealism that is worthwhile because it fits the unvarnished duty ofevery hour. MYRTA LOCKETT -, FKOXT STKIS OF \ NEST SHOWINGMK. HARRISS CHAIR K PU: TILDfcN i i ,JNS INTRODUCTION TO VISITORS1 EDITION xxxill II THE WRENS NEST AT a meeting called by the Mayor of At-lanta and held in the City Council Chamber,July 10, 1908, a week after the death of JoelChandler Harris, the Uncle Remus MemorialAssociation was organized to undertake theerection of a fitting monument to him. Afterdiscussion of several plans it was decided topurchase Mr. Harriss house, the Wrens Nest,in the outskirts of Atlanta, and equip it asa permanent memorial. A Ladies Auxiliarywas formed, which succeeded to the title andtask of the original organization, a body ofgentlemen who now became an advisory Association thus constituted, with McDermott Wilson as president, suc-ceeded in raising the sum needed to accom-plish its purpose. The money came in manyways and from many sources, - - nearly $5000from a lecture by Theodore Roosevelt in 1910,the same amoun
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