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
for Mrs. Roosevelt;i specially bound copies of the King Arthur books were presented to her;i Mr. and Mrs. Pyle made
visits to the White House. The admiration, however, was
not all on the side of the artist, for Mr. Roosevelt held both
the books and pictures of Howard Pyle in the greatest esteem. It is interesting to note that in the famous collection
of books which he took with him on his hunting expedition in
Africa was the Robin Hood. There is a touching paragraph
in a letter written to Roosevelt on September I I, 1907:
"Your sister, Mrs. Cowles, was in my studio here in Wilmington some time since, and she saw the original of the
picture of Lincoln which appears in the current Harper's
Magazine. She appeared to be moved by the pathos of the
image which I had attempted to depict, and I told her then
that the inspiration of your tireless and energetic struggle
for the benefit of a great people had had a large if not a
dominant influence upon my presenting the picture of your
great fellow President. You also will stand forth in the
future as one who has given the best efforts of his life to the
combating of a gigantic evil and for the preservation of the
best interests and the enlargement of the future happiness
of his fellow-men.. * )

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