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

THE RETURN
lished in December of the next year. Then in November
he was sent by Harper's into the Pennsylvania Dutch section to acquaint himself with the customs and habits of the
peculiar people who live in the vicinity of Lancaster. Here
some of his experiences, as he related them in letters to
Miss Poole, were rather amusing:
"November I6, 188o.
"I went around to a Dunker minister to talk things
over. The minister seemed quite an intelligent man, but
said that one Jacob Pfautz, living near Ephrata, would be
the one to give me the most information, since he was both
very intelligent and very well-informed, beside being a man
of such entire leisure that to give information and to toddle
about the country with me would be a positive luxury to
him. Said Pfautz is a Dunker and knows all about the
interesting spots. I want to stay with him if I can while
I am gathering my material. I think he will be a lucky find
and a godsend to me.
"November 17, 1880.
"You see where I am (Ephrata)-and the name
spelled right thanks to being printed. But I am*not going
to stay here-oh no! I am going back to Lancaster tonight.
And I am going to stay in Lancaster and am going to get
one meal at least in Lancaster. The unpronounceable proprietor of this Mount Vernon House told me today that
this was a Dutch house, kept in Dutch style, and that I must
help myself accordingly, which I did, to fat pork, turnips,
diminutive sweet potatoes, dried peaches, and an indescribable pie, but oh my!-never mind, I won't say anything
about my poor stomach just here.... I am going back
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