Excerpt from Fragments of Sam Slick: Wit and Wisdom of Haliburton It is, however, neither as an historian or as a novelist that we are here concerned with Haliburton, but rather as a humorist and the modest Object of the little volume of selections to which this is an introduction is to illustrate, however imperfectly, this Side of Haliburton's personality, his deep knowledge of human nature, his quick per ception of the twists and quirks of human personality, his satire that is keen without bitterness or vindictiveness, his skill in character-drawing, his broad and kindly sympathy, his wisdom and strength. For all these things are a part of true humour; all these qualities belong to the true humorist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.