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

"THE BLOODY QUAKER-"
On the strength of this novel and the knowledge of the
subject which they knew him to. possess, Harper's asked for
an illustrated article to be entitled "Buccaneers and
Marooners -of the Spanish Main." It appeared in the magazine in 1887, a short account of the ancient strongholds of
pirates in the West Indies, and of the particularly staggering audacities of some of the more notorious. But it
was the illustrations which were epoch-making. They were
alive. They portrayed Morgan and Blackbeard and other
celebrities with marvelous verve, and with unquestionable
fidelity. Among others there was the picture of a dejected
pirate sitting on the beach, his hat and gun flung disconsolately away, a cheerless bottle lying untouched in front of
him, while behind him the surf beats monotonously on the
shore. This picture, which is entitled "Marooned," is one
of the best which Howard Pyle ever produced from the
enthusiasm of his pirate-lore. The figure of the pirate is
almost beyond words, and the listless drooping of the hands
a genuine touch of genius.4
Then after these pictures came an illustration for E. C.
Stedman's poem "Morgan." But Mr. Stedman himself
gives an account of it:
cc00.'Tis plain that I had an eye for genius, when I
declared some years ago that you should illustrate any ballad
of mine, whenever I could have my choice, and you would
honor me by doing so.
"Since then you have won laurels with both pen and
brush, while I am limited to the former. Give me a painter,
say I, then, who, like Opie, mixes his colors with brains!
Yes, and with fire and imagination.
"I was charmed with your drawing for 'Aaron Burr's
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