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

WILMINGTON, QUAKERS & AMBITIONS
pleased with the illustrations, although the on~es for "Chincoteague" would have to be redrawn by their own staff of
artists in order to be made suitable for purposes of reproduction. The Pyle family was delighted; everything began to look rosy for Howard. Then Mr. Roswell Smith,
who was one of the owners of Scribner's Monthly, got into
communication with Mr. Pyle and learned all the details
about Howard. He advised that the young man come to
New York, spend all his time in drawing and writing for
the magazines, and develop his abilities until they should
become of really great value. He implied that there would
be no difficulty in getting plenty of work from Scribner's,
and succeeded in persuading Mr. Pyle that nothing would
be easier than for Howard to make a good living.
Of course, Howard himself, with his old fires rekindled
by this sudden success, was not at all ayerse to plunging
into the hurly-burly of New York. It was an opportunity
not to be missed. Not only could he get a good start in
the way of practical work for the periodicals, but he could
also study again. There would be any number of good
teachers there, and he could surely spare enough time from
his work to be trained in the latest methods that had been
brought over from Europe. Mrs. Pyle was a perfect
mother in her devotion. She was deeply moved at the
thought of her son's being alone in the great metropolis; she
would have loved to have him always in Wilmington, but his
career was uppermost in her mind. Nothing would matter
so long as her son became an artist and thus fulfilled her
own dreams. Mr. Pyle's circumstances, considerably reduced
since the early days, could not permit of any great drains,
but, nevertheless, it was decided that if Howard found it
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