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SKOOKUM CHUCK
FABLES
BITS OF HISTORY,
THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE
(Some of which appeared in the Ashcroft Journal)
BY
SKOOKUM CHUCK
Author of "Songs of a Sick Tum Tum,"and some others
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Copyright, Canada, 1915,
by R.D. Cumming
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Preface
It is more difficult to sell a good book by a newauthor than it is to sell a poor one by a popularauthor, because the good book by the new authormust make its way against great odds. It mustassert itself personally, and succeed by its own efforts.The book by the popular author flies without wings,as it were. The one by the well-known author hasa valuable asset in its creator; the one by the newauthor has no asset but its own merits.
I am not contending by the above that this is agood book; far from it. Some books, however, havingvery little literary recommendation, may be interestingin other ways.
There are several things instrumental in makingfor the success of a book: first, the fame of theauthor; second, the originality of the theme or style;third, the extent of the advertising scheme, andfourth, the proximity of the subject matter to theheart and home of the reader; and this last is thereason for the "Skookum Chuck Fables."
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If the following stories are not literature, theyare spiced with familiar local sounds and sights, andthey come very close to every family fireside inBritish Columbia. For this reason I hope to see acopy in every home in the province.
The Author.
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Contents
Skookum Chuck Fables:page
     Of the Rolling Stone9
     Of Cultus Johnny17
     Of the Booby Man24
     Of Hard Times Hance35
     Of the Too Sure Man55
     Of the Unloved Man60
     Of the Chief who was Bigger than He Looked66
     Of Simple Simon Up to Date72
     Of the High Class Eskimo79
     Of the Sweet Young Things89
     Of the Two Ladies in Contrast97
     Of the Ruse that Failed100
     Of the Real Santa Claus...                        
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