It is small wonder that a people so isolated from the outside world and engaged, as the majority were before 1870, in the old traditional occupations of mining and fishing, should have retained until recent times a folklore inheritance of more then usual richness. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.