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

HOWARD PYLE: A CHRONICLE
presses toward the end his desire to study abroad. It is,
of course, useless to speculate as to what would have happened had he done so, but 'it is difficult to keep from feeling
that, under the influence of French ideas and French technique, many of the things for which he has been most
loved would never have been given to the world.
"New York,
"November 25, 1878.
"Dear Mother:
"I must confess that this week comes a dearth of news
after the plenty of last letter, although now that I come
to think of it it was more description than news after all.
I am glad to see that at last you 'veil your stomach' and
confess with the proper humility the greatness of the earth,
that is of the New York art earth, although you still continue to call Mr. Chase 'the man of the stunning cartoons,'
which not only sounds like a line in a comic ballad but is
a flippancy which is aggravating..0*
"On Monday night we had a second meeting of 'our
club,' Walter Shirlaw presiding as Chairman. We talked,
oh! how we talked. First one member would arise calling
vigorously 'Mr. Chairman! Mr. Chairman!' Mr. Chairman would perhaps be talking affably on indifferent topics
with the member nearest him, but presently, remembering
himself, he would answer, stiffening up his back at the
time, 'Mr. O'Donovan has the floor.' Mr. O'Donovan
would thereupon launch forth with a burst of Hibernian
eloquence. From the subject of qualifying membership
he would wander to a dissertation upon modern art compared with the ancient, and from that to a discussion of
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