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
our American art schools remain blinded to the fact that no
great picture of the past has ever come down to us that has
not remained alive because it is the expression of an ideal,
and not merely the skillful rendering of a fact..
From the foregoing accounts and letters one can see what
a vast amount of thought and energy Howard Pyle gave
to the subject of instruction; one can perceive something
of his ardent desire to lend his influence to the advancement of an American Art; but one cannot possibly conceive
of the sincere devotion which inspired all his teaching.
Only his pupils could know that, they who saw year after
year the unflagging kindliness and interest which was continuously showered upon them. It is a pleasing reflection
upon human nature that their gratitude has been so uniformly
copious.

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