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

SCHOOLS AND THEORIES OF ART
what in contact with the art schools of the Metropolis.
I cannot very well make you understand my regret and
sorrow at finding them so poor and so inadequate to fill
the demands of a progressive art. I doubt if there is a
single really excellent art school now available in New
York. There is not a New York School comparable either
in energy or equipment to the schools of Philadelphia, of
Chicago, or even of Brooklyn..0a
"As conditions now exist, each art school endeavors to
hold its pupils by giving them a quick and easy training
instead of a training that shall be thorough and exact.
Cleverness seems to be substituted for exactitude, and the
result is very unsatisfactory so far as any real and practical
results are concerned.
"I1t is very discouraging to one who holds in view a real,
material, and vital advancement in the practical uses of
art to meet so many young artists, who, having passed from
the schools, seek in vain for opportunities whereby they
may earn a modest living..0*
"I would not have you think I am pessimistic, nor would
I have you think that I want to set myself up in needless
and carping criticism of my brother artists' work or of the
methods whereby they have been taught. I merely mean
to present my views quite frankly and in confidence. I stand
for results, and, so far, our American system of art has
not produced adequate results.,
To W. M. R. French.
"April 20, 1905.
I1 think in many parts of the country the art
world is beginning to appreciate that my instruction is not
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