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"
drawn largely from old chapbooks, were written with a
quaint, indescribable relish, and were gayly set off by entertaining pictures.
In November, 1894, in illustration to an article by
Thomas Janvier, appeared a most dramatic picture, "Pirates
Used to Do That to Their Captains Now and Then." It
came to the attention of Frederic Remington, in whom
Howard Pyle had found a congenial fellow artist. Remington immediately took a decided fancy to this picture and
wanted it. An exchange of work was suggested. "'Too
good-too good,'" writes Remington on January 15, i1895.
"The pirate captain dead on the sand. If I get that I will
worship you, it, and once more take stock in humanity. As
for what you will get-anything I have. I have nothing
which is good in oil-sold out and have done nothing but
potboil of late. The best thing I have is a big wash drawing now being reproduced for the market in actual size
(retail price $ io) a bucking horse, going like the sweep of
an angel's wing. I shall probably not paint until spring,
but whatever you see of mine which suits your fancy, is
yours. How's that?..a. I am modeling in wax-great
fun. Your pen-and-inks (Doyle-Scribner's) are awfully
smooth. Should like to run over and see you--can't go
now, but six weeks from now, will bother you for a day if
you say the word."
The picture was soon sent to Remington, on the receipt
of which he wrote: "I have the defunct pirate and it goes
right up in my collection. It is simply all-fired satisfying,
and all I am going to do is to say 'much obliged' and 'it's
one on me.' The 'puncher' will gallop into Wilmington
some day--a 'puncher for your pirate'; that's fair trade if
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