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
net's Magazine. Mr. Alden was by no means anxious to
place it in Harper's; finally, however, it was accepted by
Harper's Bazar, where it appeared in 189r1, gayly decorated
with the most delicate pen-and-inks. The story reminds one
irresistibly of Stevenson's New Arabian Nights, so much so
that it is most interesting to read in one of the letters of
R. L. S. to Mrs. Charles Fairchild in March, I892, ((I
thought A laddin capital fun; but why, in fortune, did he pretend it was moral in the end? The so-called nineteenth century os2 va-t-il se nicher? 'Tis a trifle, but Pyle would do
well to knock the passage out, and leave his bogey tale a
bogey tale, and a good one at that."
While it is true that the moral in this story could easily
be left out, as Stevenson suggests, it is by no means so
graceless as he would imply. It was there for the same reason that it figured in all the fairy tales. Howard Pyle
found it impossible to resist the instinct that urged him to
include it. Rather than blame him, let him be commended
for having invariably done it with such exquisite finish.

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