Howard Pyle, a chronicle by Charles D. Abbott, with an introduction by N. C. Wyeth and many illustrations from Howard Pyle's works.

FRDUITFUL ASSOCIATIONS
the sculptor, possibly Church the landscape artist, Chase,
Shirlaw, Weir, George Inness, Swain Gifford, Louis Tiffany
(possibly), Winslow Homer, John La Farge, possibly
Abbey, or if he goes abroad, Reinhart may gain the election
in place of Weir or Tiffany. The outside honorary members will probably be Aikens of Philadelphia, Hunt of
Boston, Boughton and Hennessey of England with Abbey
if he goes there, Bridgman of Paris, and Duveneck of
Munich, as representative American artists. This seems at
present to be the drift of the club; in addition to these full
members, there will be associate members to the amount of
twenty or thirty. It is intended at first to make the club
a simple matter, for it is not for the public, but for artists;
a sort of Masonic Brotherhood, as it were, but without
secrecy.- However, none whatever are to be admitted into
the club but such as make art absolutely and entirely their
profession; by art I mean the arts of design. It may not
come to any conclusion, but I hope it does.
cc001 turned to tackle my 'Christmas in Old New
York.' ' In the very outset difficulties met me. I couldn't
get costumes, that is correct costumes. I could get them as
near as those Clifford posed in for me as 'British Intervention,' but now those do not suit my fastidious taste any
longer. I know what is correct and I must have that.
I rummaged among the costumers and at last thought I
had found a good one among them, but he sent me such
stuff-such vile stuff-that, my disgust giving way to
anger, I kicked the boot-tops into one corner, the coat into
another, and the hat on top of the closet, in consequence
1'This picture was not published until Christmas, 88o, when it appeared
in Ha~rper's Weekly, vol. xxiv, p. 828.
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